Fraud police have busted scammers suspected of selling fake Canadian ‘Maple Leaf’ gold coins with the face of Queen Elizabeth II on them.
The fraudsters are said to have conned buyers out of 80,000 euros (85,910 dollars) by selling the fakes.
Cologne police headquarters in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the public prosecutor’s office said in a joint statement on Monday, June 6: “After months of investigative work, Cologne investigators arrested three men (30, 31, 51) in Cologne-Ossendorf on Thursday afternoon (June 2) and seized 19 fake gold coins and several 100 euros in cash.”
