Israeli police have arrested three men accused of scamming €8 million (£6.8 million) from a businessman by impersonating the French foreign minister. The suspects, said to be French-Israelis, reportedly created a replica of Jean-Yves Le Drian's Paris office in Israel to conduct Skype calls. According to the reports, the conmen built a replica of Mr Le Drian's French foreign ministry office at a location in Israel, including matching furniture, a portrait of French president Emmanuel Macron and a French flag in the background. A source told Le Parisien: "They phoned, sent emails and sometimes used the Skype video chat software to pretend to be the minister himself." The suspects were caught while approaching a new victim who was preparing to pay €2 million (£1.7 million), the French newspaper reported.

Source: The Star March 28, 2019 23:37 UTC