Conmen rack up bills as Arsenal stars Gallas, Henry
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Conmen posing as Arsenal stars Thierry Henry and William Gallas have been living it up at hotels across France.
The London-based fraudsters book hotels rooms on credit cards before asking the hotels to send them wines they cannot get in England, says the Daily Mail.
These are then followed up with faxed order confirmation forms and money transfer documents on fake bank letterheaded paper.
On one occasion a director at the Royal Riviera hotel in Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera was asked to send 12 bottles of wine worth £90,000 back to England, including a vintage Petrus '82.
The director said the conmen then faxed through an order confirmation and fake funds transfer on Royal Bank of Scotland-headed notepaper.
But the staff were wise to the trick. He added that the documents are very well done and other hotels had been contacted by people posing as Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and Manchester United's Louis Saha.
So far 15 hotels across France have complained to police.
Henry's and Gallas's agents said their clients were aware of the racket. -
Since when Henry and Gallas are from Chelsea?
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earlier today someone mentioned bout the beckhams.
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bad things only happen to non-Chel$ki players......Originally posted by Rock^Star:Since when Henry and Gallas are from Chelsea?