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Fri 03 Mar 2010Huge scam uncovered of fake clubs sold on eBay
GOLF NEWS:THE RINGLEADER of a gang behind a “highly sophisticated and profitable” multimillion-euro operation to sell fake golf clubs on eBay has been jailed for more than four years.
The global conspiracy, described as the largest fraud of its kind uncovered on the popular auction website, unravelled only when a British pensioner complained to her local council’s trading standards team.
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