Why would conmen posing as Arsenal stars Thierry Henry and William Gallas have got away with swindling luxury hotels in France out of more than £1million pounds worth of fine wines? (What the hell do Footballers know about fine wines?) Based in London the conmen used credit cards to book rooms and then just happened to ask about the hotel wine list, asking if it would be possible to order quality wines that they claimed were not available in England. Faxes on bank-headed notepaper and emails supposedly from the footballers were then forwarded to the hotels making everything appear to be hunky dory. (Except if it were me on that reservations desk I’d STILL be asking the question: What do Footballers know about fine wine?) So far 15 five-star hotels in Paris, Bordeaux, Nice and the Champagne region have called the cops. French police say it is a classic sting. Sacre Bleu!
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