"He called himself Terry Birles, an aristocrat who dazzled Cork's elite and the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Now he faces trial in France, accused of an alleged €4.5m fraud involving a French movie star, luxury yachts and Interpol Next week, one of France's biggest movie stars will take the stand in court claiming that he was conned out of millions of euro by a French man posing as an Irish aristocrat from Cork."
"Using the power of his several companies, both real and non-existent, so-called Terry Birles is accused of leveraging his fake status as a master mariner to gain the trust - and money - of the French superstar, Dany Boon. Today on the Indo Daily, Niamh Horan is joined by Catherine Field, a reporter based in France, to learn more about the international manhunt for the fake aristocrat who is at the centre of a high-profile court case involving luxury yachts, Interpol and the missing millions."
A man calling himself Terry Birles posed as an Irish aristocrat and master mariner to ingratiate himself with Cork’s elite and the Royal Cork Yacht Club. He is accused in France of orchestrating an alleged €4.5 million fraud involving a high-profile French movie star, luxury yachts and multiple companies, some fictitious. The accused allegedly used the companies to gain trust and siphon money from the superstar, prompting an international manhunt and Interpol involvement. The case proceeds to trial in France with the alleged victim scheduled to testify about being conned out of millions.
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