Marseille---French Ligue 1 club Marseille were the victims of a EUR700,000 ($793,000) international bank transfer scam to China last year, sources close to the case told AFP on Friday.
A preliminary enquiry has been opened by a court in the southern city of Marseille, with police fraud officers working in conjunction with the Central Office for Fighting Serious Financial Crime (OCRGDF).
French judicial authorities have been faced with an explosion in false transfer orders, representing EUR300 million ($340m), in the past two years.
According to members of a delegation from the French Justice Ministry visiting Beijing last November, there was "an acceleration of such cases in late 2013, early 2014".
AFP
