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Secret Service busts Sicilian counterfeiting ring
Chief Frank L. Wilson said U S agents crushed a 39 member Sicilian gang printing invasion currency in Palermo and Terrasini after Allied forces overran Sicily. The group was nearly all captured by military intelligence and stopped before expanding. He warned money in circulation was at a historic high with little bogus notes found.
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