'If you find treasure, let me know!'
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/builders-france-charged-theft-treasure-buried-garden
When a Normandy homeowner told the workmen extending her property to "let me know if you find any treasure", she was only joking.
The three builders, however, had a secret. Unbeknown to their employer, who lives in the Eure department, they had indeed found a cache of gold ingots and coins buried in her garden
… and allegedly sold the treasure trove for €900,000 (£720,000).
Police have now charged the workmen with theft and a specialist collector of money with receiving stolen goods.
Detectives were alerted when one of the men made two large deposits to his bank account of €270,000 and €30,000, ringing alarm bells with the finance ministry's Tracfin, which investigates money laundering.
We are many,They are few
