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Con artist paid in counterfeit


Althalus

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HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese man who used cow fat and paint to pass off a lump of iron as valuable black bronze found buyers -- but was paid $64,000 (38,620 pounds) in counterfeit bills.

A justice official said 12 people involved in both frauds were arrested and were undergoing trial in southern An Giang province.

Eight were accomplices of the accused metal fraudster, while three were involved in the alleged counterfeiting, the prosecutor said.

State-run Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported that Huynh Van Gat confessed he had painted a one kg iron lump with cow fat and black paint and tried to pass it off as black bronze and sought to sell it for one billion dong. Black bronze is used in making jewellery and ornamental objects like statues.

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That's karma for you! P.S. I like your signature Althalus! Blessed Be! grin2.gif

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'Payback' is hell sometimes laugh.gif

*Al, great avatar too

And starlyte's as well* original.gif

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