A “wash wash” scam uncovered in Belgium, four people tried

This Monday was held in Belgium the trial of four people prosecuted for criminal association.

In 2018, they allegedly tried to scam a man by offering to buy a special liquid for 250,000 euros to launder money, reports

.

The victim was allegedly approached by a scammer, the so-called son of an African politician who embezzled 50 million euros.

To cross the border, the tickets had been “laundered”, that is to say blackened and placed in a suitcase.

Once at their destination, the tickets had regained their initial appearance thanks to a miraculous product… costing 250,000 euros.

Four people arrested by Belgian police

The scammer explained to his victim that he himself was in possession of ten million euros that he wanted to transport to Belgium in the same way.

The Belgian simply had to buy the product and take care of restoring the tickets to their original appearance on arrival.

They were actually counterfeit blackened notes, as is the tradition of this “wash wash” or “black note scam”, specifies

.

This scam attempt failed.

Arrested near Namur station, four people were implicated in this case.

The alleged scammer, his intermediary, a driver and an extra supposed to show the victim how to wash the tickets are prosecuted.

The verdict will be delivered on March 14.

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