Prosecutors’ office says two museum workers, several tour guides and suspected mastermind among those detained
French police investigating a suspected €10m (£8.7m) ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre museum in Paris have detained nine people, including two members of staff.
“Based on the information available to the museum, we suspect the existence of a network organising large-scale fraud,” a museum spokesperson told Agence France-Presse.
The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, reported the suspected scam to police which led to the arrests.
Two Louvre employees, several tour guides and one person suspected of being the mastermind were among those being held, according to the Paris prosecutors’ office.
