A Man Was Arrested for Selling a “Fake” Rolex . . . That Turned Out to Be Real?
A Man Was Arrested for Selling a "Fake" Rolex . . . That Turned Out to Be Real?
Sometimes criminals are so dumb that they THINK they’re committing a crime . . . when they aren’t . . . but they STILL get arrested. (???)
An Italian man bought a Rolex watch from an acquaintance . . . but then he started thinking it was a FAKE. So he tried desperately to offload it.
He took it to a shop in Singapore, and sold it for around $75,000. Instead of taking cash . . . he accepted a trade of three other watches that were worth the equivalent of $75K.
Then, he tried to book a flight to get out of dodge before anyone found out.
In a very bizarre twist, the “fake” Rolex he sold DID turn out to be real, so the man’s crime was called an “impossible attempt” . . . that’s when a person intends to commit a crime, and takes steps towards it, but the offense can’t actually be completed “due to physical impossibilities.” Weird, right?
One report compares it to pick-pocketing . . . an empty pocket.
Well, you can’t get away with it . . . even with a slap on the wrist . . . not in Singapore. They’re NOT messing around.
The Italian man was tracked down before he left the country, and arrested.
He pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to cheat . . . as well as a second charge of using a doctored passport, which he provided during the sale. He was sentenced to seven months in jail.
