Hermes counterfeit accused Romain Chollet-Ricard insists he’s not ‘fugitive’
News by Stephen Drill and Annie McCann 9th Mar 2021 7:18 AM
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Subscriber only Exclusive: He was making perfect counterfeit Hermes handbags for $50,000 a pop in Paris - now he s cleaning toilets in Tasmania. Former Hermes leatherworker Romain Chollet-Ricard, who moved to Australia after he was involved in a $35 million fake bag scheme, has vowed to fight a six-year jail sentence and $2.3 million fine handed down in France. The 41-year-old working class gentleman claimed he was manipulated by Russian organised crime figures who exploited him because of the poor wages paid by Hermes.
Russian crime gangs took me from designer bags to dirty loos
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Russian crime gangs took me from designer bags to dirty loos
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