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Conmen 'used Monopoly money' to buy rings and necklace worth €6 million | Conmen 'used Monopoly money' to buy rings and necklace worth €6 million |
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Two conmen used a suitcase full of Monopoly money to buy jewellery worth €6 million, it has been reported. | Two conmen used a suitcase full of Monopoly money to buy jewellery worth €6 million, it has been reported. |
A Greek jeweller has claimed he was conned when he travelled to Paris to carry out a transaction with two men who had contacted him several weeks previously claiming to want to buy four rings and a necklace. | A Greek jeweller has claimed he was conned when he travelled to Paris to carry out a transaction with two men who had contacted him several weeks previously claiming to want to buy four rings and a necklace. |
The two men apparently brought a suitcase with €6m cash to the meeting on September 25. | The two men apparently brought a suitcase with €6m cash to the meeting on September 25. |
In order to check its authenticity, the jeweller told police he took a bundle of €500 notes from the case to a currency exchange, Le Parisien reported, as cited by The Local. | In order to check its authenticity, the jeweller told police he took a bundle of €500 notes from the case to a currency exchange, Le Parisien reported, as cited by The Local. |
It was only once the deal had been completed and the clients had left that the jeweller checked the rest of the bills. | It was only once the deal had been completed and the clients had left that the jeweller checked the rest of the bills. |
He then realised that not all of the bills were the same as the notes he had taken to be verified. | He then realised that not all of the bills were the same as the notes he had taken to be verified. |
A source told the paper: "The majority of the bills bore the name of the famous game Monopoly." | A source told the paper: "The majority of the bills bore the name of the famous game Monopoly." |
Last year it was reported how jewellers in southern France had claimed they were being targeted by thieves as never before. | |
At the time, the country had seen a spate of high-profile jewellery thefts. | |
That summer a single gunman in Cannes took an £85.5m cache, while another armed robbery took place days later in the same city. | |
Christine Boquet, president of the union of jewellers and watchmakers, said: "The number of jewelry store robberies has been climbing for years. There's one robbery a day in France. | |
"This creates enormous stress for the merchants. They live with this fear and insecurity every day." |