The Valentine's Day Caper

A meek woman tries this thing called private banking in Germany. On ValentineÆs Day, she attempted an incredible cross-border funds transfer.

Thanks to an exhaustive investigation by FinanceAsia, we can exclusively reveal the actual documents that illustrate this extraordinary series of events: the efforts by the Marcos clan to transfer money to Germany; the role of the middlemen; the double crossing by a freelance bounty hunter; and also the two very different parts played by two global banks.

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