They find that they inherited millions from their grandfather, but it's too late to receive

A man in Italy discovered that he had inherited a great fortune from his grandfather, who had left a large amount of money in Switzerland in his name. But although a millionaire heir, Louis C. You risk taking nothing. That's because for the law, three billion inherent liras are just junk paper. Unfortunately, the euro's conversion deadline has long expired.

Louis is a banker himself and knows the law very well. For the Italian state, the exchange of liras for euros could only take place within the first decade after the use of the common European currency became effective. So not later than 2012.

But to understand this absurd situation, we have to go back in time. Louis is a single child and has none of his parents. His only relative has been his grandfather for decades living in Switzerland. He has been a successful entrepreneur at the time of the construction boom in Italy and has taken his wealth with him when he left for Switzerland. In July of last year, Grandpa passed away, and Luigi found himself the only heir. Among the inherited assets, he also found a box in a security deposit at UBS Bank in Lugano.

There were 3 billion liras in 500-dollar cuts. But joy has not lasted long for the heir. Even though he knew the answer, he tried to trade in euros in Bankitalia, which he argued was too late.

At this point, the heir has brought in lawyers so that he can benefit from the amount of 1.5m euros (3 billion lira). His legal defenders, trained on such occasions, will try to prove that the ten-year term provided by the law is not calculated by euro access, but by the moment the existence of freedoms to be converted into euros.