AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Three Norwegians sentenced to prison after police find 67,000 American silver coins in swerving van
A routine traffic stop on a highway outside Oslo turned up nearly 67,000 American Eagle silver coins worth roughly $2.65 million, the proceeds, prosecutors say, of a major U.S. investment fraud. Norway's economic crime unit, Okokrim, announced Thursday that three Norwegians, two men and one woman, were convicted of aggravated money laundering and sentenced to […] The post Three Norwegians sentenced to prison after police find 67,000 American silver coins in swerving van appeared first on American Almanac .
A routine traffic stop on a highway outside Oslo turned up nearly 67,000 American Eagle silver coins worth roughly $2.65 million, the proceeds, prosecutors say, of a major U.S. investment fraud. Norway's economic crime unit, Okokrim, announced Thursday that three Norwegians, two men and one woman, were convicted of aggravated money laundering and sentenced to up to two and a half years in prison. Two British nationals who also faced charges were acquitted. The verdict is not yet final, and both sides retain the right to appeal. The case began with a phone tip. In April 2025, someone alerted police to a van swerving on a highway near Baerum, a suburb west of Oslo. Officers pulled the vehicle over and found tens of thousands of U.S.…Open