The Nation - News from April 28, 1985
Secret Service agents seized $8 million in bogus $100 bills and arrested two “known international counterfeiters” who hoped to export the money to South America, Agent Ronald Szego said in Miami. Also seized were about 80 printing plates and negatives used in the money’s production, negatives for Colombian pesos and three counterfeit British 20 notes, Szego said. Arrested were Christobal Saradetch, 42, a Guatemalan, and Uri Paz, 44, an Israeli.
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