This makes me sick! It's not like she had millions of dollars worth. How can you treat a human like that... Let alone an elderly person. Even if she did obtain it illegally, Just let her enjoy her money. They should of been forced to prove that she actually did something wrong.
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It's a strange culture for so many reasons...
I personally went to a physical currency exchange a few months ago (regular banks don't deal in cash anymore and many shop owners are hessitant to exchange money) and asked to exchange into some coins from my credit card, so I could use them to get a tan over at the unmanned tanning salon because I looked miserable even for Scandinavian standards... This is part of the service they offer and there should be nothing to question if I wanted to do it.
The just slightly older woman behind the desk looked at me with total distrust and asked me if there was "any particular" use that I would want the coins for?
As she still did nothing and when I apparently didn't answer her straight enough because I thought we were just exchanging some courtesies, with a rather strange smile on her face she started asking me for more specific details on what I was gonna use the money for. As if I were a minor trying to buy cigarettes from her.
No pen in hand, no papers out, seemingly no actual need to ask. Just standing there and looking at me. Considering me weird and likely a potentially bad person, simply because I was seeking the national currency in cash.
Finally as I explained the entire process to her and promised that this was all I was about to do - now I was fully considering just giving up, because this all felt like a waste of time - she filled out some papers, let me pay using my credit card and slowly handed me the currency.
There are so many other examples that I could tell you about, but this one comes to mind. The total distrust of anyone using cash. Supposedly, only beggars and criminals would have a reason to use it and it's up to you to prove you're not one or the other.
(and then there are even some increasingly popular requests to put beggars in prison for begging in public)