"Interrogation" at the bank

Anyone who wants to deposit a lot of cash can get into trouble

Be careful if you have large amounts of cash at home and want to deposit it into an account.

(Bild: Copyright: Andrey Popov)

A Tyrolean pensioner is indignant: He was recently "interrogated" in a bank branch in Innsbruck as to where he got the 15,000 euros in cash that he wanted to deposit. Not an unusual occurrence, as an expert from the Financial Market Authority explains. Krone+ knows the background.

Mr. Eisenbauer (name changed by the editors) had not expected this when he went to the bank with 15,000 euros in cash: At a branch in Innsbruck, the "Krone" reader wanted to deposit the money into an account. "The woman at the counter asked me where I got the money!" The Innsbruck resident reported indignantly to the "Tiroler Krone" and says that he refused to give the bank employee the information. The next day came the nasty surprise.