The French Football Federation and UEFA have assessed ” 2,800 ” the number ” counterfeit banknotes scanned “Saturday, May 28 at the Stade de France during the Champions League final, sources familiar with the matter told AFP on Tuesday, confirming information from RMC Sports. The FFF and UEFA gave this assessment during the meeting Monday at the Ministry of Sports intended to draw lessons from the fiasco of this meeting. But among these 2,800 fake banknotes, there may be real banknotes that have been incorrectly activated, according to lawyer Pierre Barthélémy, interviewed by AFP. On Monday, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin had mentioned a fraud ” massive, industrial and organized “of tickets which would be at the origin of the chaos, evoking 30,000 to 40,000 English supporters at the Stade de France” either without a ticket or with counterfeit tickets “. But the minister was content to give a percentage of ” 70% » counterfeit paper notes detected during pre-filtering on the English side, without giving a number. The 2,800″ counterfeit scanned banknotes “, according to sources familiar with the matter, are a figure” to be taken with caution “, According to Me Barthélémy, lawyer for groups of French supporters and present at the match on Saturday evening. An investigation has been entrusted to the Paris judicial police into the alleged ticket fraud and UEFA has launched an independent investigation to shed light on Saturday’s incidents.
FFF and UEFA estimate 2,800 “scanned counterfeit tickets”
