French workers in court over gold treasure theft

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French workers in court over gold treasure theft

(BBC) Three French workers are to appear in court on charges of stealing gold worth 900,000 euros ($1.2m; £720,000) from a property they worked on, a local French newspaper reports.

They are said to have been levelling land at a house in Normandy for several days when they discovered the 16 gold bars and 600 US $20-gold coins.

The treasure, which was found in glass jars, may have been hidden on the property during World War Two.

A coin collector has also been charged.

Rather than alert the owners of the house to their discovery, the workers, aged 20, 33 and 40, decided to steal the gold and sell it to a local coin collector, it is alleged.

But tax officials were alerted when one of the workers deposited two high-value cheques in his bank account.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28737021

[bbc]2014-08-12[/bbc]
 

[godden]

only doing what most people would do.

[IAMHERE]

only doing what most people would do.

Doubtful. They wouldn't have done it if it was French Gold, only because it was American.  YMMV

[Rimmer]

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[Frank James]

 

only doing what most people would do.

Doubtful. They wouldn't have done it if it was French Gold, only because it was American.  YMMV

 

 

What does "French Gold" look like?
 

[HerbalEd]

only doing what most people would do.

So, that makes it OK?

[HerbalEd]

 

only doing what most people would do.

Doubtful. They wouldn't have done it if it was French Gold, only because it was American.  YMMV

 

Yes. American is always better. 

[somchaismith]

So, you mean the movies are wrong when a big bank robbery or gold heist goes down and the perps next move is to buy everything in site, without ever being caught?

[Wat dee]

Idiots!

[Chicog]

And they would have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids tax officials.

 

 

[TPI]

It just goes to show how intrusive the taxman is when you can't even put a large sum of money into your account without having to explain where you got it from to a government official?

 

Why isn't the money theirs? it was buried on the property without the owners knowledge, otherwise the land owner would have warned the workers!

 

Where's the problem??