Beware of fake Euro bills in Germany

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Wonder how this could happen, especially coming from a bank?

Bank hands out fake notes

A German bank has been caught handing out thousands of fake euros to customers.

Police who were alerted to the fact by a customer say they later confiscated 70,000 pounds worth of fake euros from the bank in Cologne, but did not say how the money came to be in the bank's coffers.

An unnamed female customer who was paid 5,000 euros (3,400 pounds) in fake cash from the KoelnBonn savings bank in Cologne's Longerich district was the first to raise the alert.

She said: "The notes were nearly all new. Then I noticed that they all had the same serial number."

The bank admitted it had not contacted the police straight away, claiming it wanted to carry out an internal investigation first.

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European money is how US is trying to learn how to counterfeit-proof the money. That explains the "New 20" But if they're going to counterfeit the European money than whats the use?

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"The bank admitted it had not contacted the police straight away, claiming it wanted to carry out an internal investigation first."

It's possible the bank was laundering counterfeit money,I can understand a couple hundred Euro but 70,000?!
I don't know about German law but here in the states banks are supposed to notify the Secret Service(Feds) immediatly.