- Swiss prosecutors have now waded in to figure out why the notes were trashed
- The €500 bills were said to have been flushed down a toilet near the bank’s vault
- Notes then started appearing in three nearby restaurants and had been ‘sliced’
Tens of thousands of euros have been flushed down the toilet at a UBS bank in Geneva leaving officials scratching their heads.
Swiss prosecutors have now waded in to attempt to solve the mystery of why the €500 notes were found clogging up the plumbing.
The first bills were said to have been discovered months ago in a bathroom near a bank vault which contained hundreds of safe deposit boxes.
Tens of thousands of euros have been flushed down the toilet at a UBS bank in Geneva (pictured) leaving officials scratching their heads
Swiss prosecutors have now waded in to attempt to solve the mystery of why the €500 notes were found clogging up the plumbing (stock image)
Henri Della Casa, a spokesman for the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office, said: ‘There must be something behind this story. That’s why we started an investigation’
A report in Tribune de Geneve confirmed by the city prosecutor’s office confirmed the details, which included notes turning up in three nearby restaurants’ toilets.
Unclogging the pipes cost thousands of francs, according to Bloomberg, and police have so far found tens of thousands of soiled bills.
Many appear to have been sliced with scissors and although it is not illegal to do so in Switzerland, unlike the UK, prosecutors believe there is more to the discoveries than coincidence.
Henri Della Casa, a spokesman for the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office, said: ‘There must be something behind this story. That’s why we started an investigation.’
He declined to comment further while the bank on Rue de la Corraterie in Geneva refused to comment at all.