Overview

• He posed as a high-ranking Congolese government mint agent to win the trust of a 48-year-old Parisian woman.
• In late March, he demonstrated a fake note-duplication trick by boiling a 50-euro bill between treated sheets to produce three notes.
• Between March and June, the victim handed over 220,000 euros in installments during trips to Brussels, believing the process genuine.
• After realizing the scheme, she filed a complaint that led the BRDA to identify the suspect from a photograph and begin surveillance.
• Records show the suspect, born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, had prior convictions for similar scams before his detention.