The following is from the Woyanne-controlled Ethiopian News Agency. There is a strong suspicion that Woyanne is behind the fake gold bars that were sold to the National Bank of Ethiopia. But this should not be a surprise. Meles and his Woyanne crime family steal every thing, including the people’s vote.
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Government Orders Gold Bullion at National Bank Inspected
(ENA) – The office of the prime minister this week issued an order for the inspection of all gold bars inside the vaults of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) following the continued discoveries of fake bullion gold bars at the bank, it was learnt by The Reporter.
The latest fraud unfolded was this week when a 36 kg of gold bar, deposited five years ago at the bank by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, when inspected this week, turned out to be gold-plated steel, according to sources.
Following the recent gold scam reports, the ministry requested NBE to check its gold deposit at the bank, which, when inspected, turned out to be a fake, sources said.
The prime minister’s office this week ordered the inspection of all gold bars at NBE to the House of Peoples’ Representatives Public Accounts and Budget and Finance Standing Committees, which will pass over the order to the bank. The bill ordering the inspection came at a time parliament is in recess and is expected to be ratified when parliament resumes its work after two weeks on 14 March, sources said.
The recent sporadic gold scandals started about two month ago when NBE discovered that some of the gold bullion at its reserve vaults was steel gilded with gold. The first scandal was followed by another a week ago, which involves fake gold bars for which the bank had paid some 60m birr [about 6m US dollar]. Some 36 kg gold bars which the federal police intercepted when being smuggled to Djibouti years ago and later deposited at NBE vaults was also last week discovered to be fake.
Most of the suspects involved in the series of gold scandals are under police custody awaiting trial.