"They've Lost Everything": 196 Victims Are Waiting for Reparation in a Real Estate Fraud Trial

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The facts range from 2017 to 2020. Six defendants have been appearing in Bourges since Wednesday 9 September for organized band scams and abuse of trust. Property dealers, financial advisors and notaries. They are suspected of selling ruined real estate to vulnerable people.

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This is a trial of a scale rarely seen in Bourges: 270 victims, 240 of whom have taken civil sides, in a financial scam. Some have placed all their savings with financial companies that have been liquidated today, as a result of mismanagement.