"On Thursday (12 February), the Paris prosecution office revealed it was investigating an alleged €10m, decade-long ticket fraud scheme at the Parisian museum. The same day, a water leak damaged a 19th-century canvas on the ceiling of the Italian paintings' gallery. Today (16 February), unions have called for another staff walk out, in protest against "worsening" security and working conditions. It would continue what has already become the longest period of strikes in the museum's history."
"The prosecution office confirmed that those arrested were charged with gang fraud, one of them being placed in pre-trial detention. According to the office, guides involved in the scam would use the same tickets multiple times to sneak visitors in. Investigators believe that members of the network may have brought up to 20 tourist groups into the museum each day over the past ten years using reused tickets. The office has estimated loss to the Louvre at €10m."
Prosecutors are investigating an alleged €10m, decade-long ticket fraud scheme linked to the Louvre. Nine people, including tour guides and two museum employees, were arrested and charged with gang fraud, with one placed in pre-trial detention. Investigators allege guides reused tickets to bring up to 20 tourist groups into the museum each day over ten years, producing an estimated €10m loss. The arrest followed a complaint filed in December 2024, and the police operation is part of a plan to combat intensifying ticket fraud. Separately, a heating-tube leak caused two rips in Charles Meynier’s 1822 ceiling canvas. Unions have called a further walkout over worsening security and working conditions, extending the museum’s longest strike period.
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