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A man dubbed “the Swiss gigolo” by the German media was sentenced to six years in prison Monday for defrauding Germany’s richest woman of euro7 million ($9 million) and attempting to blackmail her for tens of millions more.
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A man dubbed “the Swiss gigolo” has been sentenced to six years in prison for attempted extortion and fraud in a scheme to blackmail Germany’s richest...
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