ethiopia arrests over 90kgs of fake gold

Ethiopia arrests 26 over fake gold in national bank vault
Posted Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:13am AEDT

Officials in Ethiopia say 26 people have been arrested after 90 kilograms of fake gold was discovered in the vaults of the national bank.

A spokesman for Ethiopia's anti-corruption commission says bank officials are among those being held, and charges are expected in the next two weeks.

The fraud was discovered earlier this year when some of the supposed gold was sent to South Africa, where it was found to be gold-plated steel.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/27/2200183.htm?section=justin