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All that glitters: businessman 'who bought HK$270m of gold' ends up with metal bars
Sunday, June 8, 2014 16:31
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Police were last night making arrangements with a mainland businessman to check whether HK$270 million of gold bullion he bought in Africa was genuine after part of the consignment was swapped with metal bars.
On Wednesday, Zhao Jingjun, 43, opened part of his shipment in front of his buyer in Hong Kong and discovered the gold had been switched for worthless metal.
A senior officer said it would be the city's biggest heist in a decade if it was confirmed that all the gold had been stolen.
An initial inquiry showed Zhao purchased 998kg of gold bars from a company in Ghana in mid-April, police said …. http://www.scmp.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2014/06/all-that-glitters-businessman-who.html
