Thousands of euros in damages
Golden shell, silver core: coin scam busted
Over the course of several days, a Carinthian gold trading company bought coins from a 34-year-old Bosnian resident in Vorarlberg. However, the "gold ducats" turned out to be a sham.
When the 34-year-old came into the store with the coins, the employees carried out so-called "gold abrasion tests" - this happened several times between April 16 and 25. "These tests were always positive, which is why the sales were assumed to be high-value gold ducats," explained the police. "The fraud only came to light when they were resold."
This is because the specialist precious metal dealer used a special analysis to determine that the coins were gold-plated silver coins. "The gold and jewelry dealer suffered a loss in the low five-digit euro range as a result of this fraud," said the police. The 34-year-old will now be charged with aggravated fraud.
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