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Louvre official says fraud ‘inevitable’ at large museums as France probes multimillion euro scheme
Nine suspects, including two tour guides, charged with a scheme that cost the Louvre over €10 million by reusing tickets and splitting groups to avoid fees.
- The Louvre's No. 2 official said fraud is statistically inevitable at large museums like the Louvre due to high attendance levels.
- Two Chinese tour guides are suspected of reusing the same tickets to bring multiple tourists into the Louvre, allegedly with help from museum employees.
- The Louvre has limited ticket validations to prevent fraud, allowing two scans for individual tickets and one for group tickets.
- Pham acknowledged the Louvre's ongoing efforts to combat fraud but admitted they do not do everything perfectly.
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Louvre official says fraud ‘inevitable’ at large museums as France probes multimillion dollar scheme
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — For the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, it is “statistically inevitable” that fraud would come up at some point, the museum’s No. 2 said in the wake of a decade-long, $11.8 million suspected ticket-fraud scheme revealed last week. Kim Pham, the Louvre’s general administrator, told The Associated Press that the museum’s unique scale makes it particularly vulnerable. However, pressed to name other institutio…
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Louvre official says fraud ‘inevitable’ at large museums as France probes multimillion euro scheme
The Louvre’s No. 2 has described a more than 10 million euros ticket fraud scheme as something that was likely inevitable.
Another scandal at the Louvre, Paris ticket fraud can be measured in hundreds of millions - Another financial scandal has shaken the French museum.
For the Louvre, the most visited museum in the world, it is “statistically inevitable” that at some point fraud arises, said the institution's number two, after knowing last week an alleged network of fraud with tickets that reached 10 million euros (11.8 million dollars) and would have lasted for a decade.
The police arrested the museum's staff for suspected fraud, and Mona Lisa barely survived another water damage. What's going on in Louvre? The visitor snake in front of the Louvre may have been so long because a fraud ring sold fake tickets systemically. Now an investigation is under way. Picture: keystoneThe police arrested the museum's staff for suspected fraud, and Mona Lisa barely survived another water damage.What's going on in Louvre?Since…
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