REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DETROIT - Padding in her bra and girdle got a Florida woman some unwelcome attention at a US. airport. Victoria Faren (78 year) is being asked to forfeit about 40,000 USD in cash she hid in her clothing and carry-on baggage while trying to board a flight from Detroit to the Philippines in April.

Customs officers got suspicious when Faren first declared having 200 USD in cash but later said the amount was 1,200 USD, according to documents filed in Michigan federal court on Friday.

Federal agents found 8,000 USD in her carry-on and 4,977 USD sewn into a cloth pouch and sealed envelops in her bag, already past the 10,000 USD threshold at which travelers must declare the cash they are taking abroad, according to prosecutors.

There was more. Faren pulled 3,000 USD from her blouse and 2,000 USD that was sewn in her bra strap. Noticing bulges in her girdle, agents patted Faren down and found 21,000 USD stuffed inside.

Faren had sold her house for 120,000 USD and was trying to carry some of the money to the Philippines because she thought it was safer, according to a federal complaint. She told authorities she hid it out of fear it was illegal to take that much cash out of the country. She was not charged with a crime but must appear in court to try to persuade a judge not to forfeit the money.

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