An investigation has been opened by the Bobigny prosecutor's office into an alleged massive counterfeit ticket fraud during the Champions League final at the Stade de France on Saturday evening, AFP learned from the courts on Monday May 30. .
The investigation was entrusted to the sub-directorate of economic and financial affairs of the Paris police headquarters, said the Bobigny prosecution.
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Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin denounced Monday a "
massive, industrial and organized fraud of counterfeit tickets
" during the Champions League final, punctuated by numerous incidents on Saturday evening around the Stade de France.
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“
30,000 to 40,000 English supporters found themselves at the Stade de France, either without a ticket or with falsified tickets
,” added the Minister of the Interior to the press after an interministerial meeting organized on these dysfunctions.
The prefect of police of Paris, Didier Lallement, announced Sunday evening that he was taking legal action on this question of counterfeit notes.
