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After the chaotic scenes that occurred at the Stade de France on the sidelines of the Champions League final, the government blames the traffic in counterfeit banknotes that would come from the United Kingdom.
Ulcerated supporters who force the gates of the stadium, police officers who use tear gas in front of dumbfounded families… Saturday May 28, the final of the Champions League, which opposed Liverpool to Real Madrid, was enamelled with violence at the around the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). The final was also delayed, and dozens of arrests took place.
Is massive ticket fraud responsible for this chaos? This is in any case the main argument put forward, in the afternoon of Monday, May 30, by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. “What has been found is a massive, industrial and organized fraud of counterfeit notes”he said, adding that the government “think[e]” that she is from the UK. On the evening of May 30, an investigation was opened. According to Me Pierre Barthélémy, lawyer member of the European Supporters Association, the figure of 30,000 counterfeit notes mentioned by the Minister is very approximate.