[Jabba the Nutt]

If you were moving $130 billion, why would you be so clumsy in doing this? Wouldn't you break up the shipment into smaller amounts? Or is this a smaller amount?

Should've hired the Transporter.

[WellyP]

Any connection?

http://www.jrdeputyaccountant.com/2009/02/bank-run-which-shall-not-be-named-91808.html

On Thursday Sept 15, 2008 at roughly 11 AM The Federal Reserve noticed a tremendous draw down of money market accounts in the USA to the tune of $550 billion dollars in a matter of an hour or two.

Money was being removed electronically.

The treasury tried to help with $150 Billion.

But could not stem the tide.

It was an electronic run on the banks

The treasury intervened but had they not closed down the accounts they estimated that by 2 PM that afternoon. Within 3 hours, $5.5 Trillion would have been drawn out of the money market system of the United States and would have collapsed within 24 hours the world economy.

[justa-hairyape]

They have probably been doing this for awhile with smaller amounts. Paid off all the appropriate people within the Italian government (government payoffs are normal business practice in many parts of the world). This time however someone learned how much was being moved and they got caught.