Two Germans arrested in an Austria mountain town nearly a year ago holding 500 million dollars in counterfeit banknotes were set to go on trial at the end of last month. They will tell the Austrian court they always thought the $1 million bank notes were real. But their story is a cautionary tale about desperate people thinking they have found a way to get rick quick.rnAccording to an article in Speigel, the two men were arrested in a bank in Austria's Kleinwalsertal ski valley. They had allegedly attempted to exchange $202 million in counterfeit bills. The police also found $291 million more in counterfeit bills in a suitcase they were carrying.
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