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Russian passports and listed jewels: How the internet went wild for fake news about the Louvre heist

From sharing pictures of supposed detectives to snaps of suspects purportedly tied to the Louvre heist case, false claims about the case have gone wild across the internet.

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00:00How the internet went wild for fake news about the Louvre heist.
00:07It was the heist that shocked the French nation.
00:09On the 19th of October, a team of thieves brazenly broke into the Louvre museum,
00:14stealing jewels worth approximately 88 million euros in broad daylight.
00:18As of every major news story, internet users took to social media platforms to comment and speculate,
00:23while others used the opportunity to peddle disinformation and false allegations.
00:27One narrative blamed Russian nationals for the heist,
00:30alleging that Russian passports had been found inside the museum.
00:34However, the Paris prosecutor's office told The Cube that claims that Russian passports
00:38were discovered at the Louvre were completely fake.
00:40Other users purported that stolen jewellery belonging to Queen Marie Amélie
00:44was found for sale on a Russian website, directing ex-users to Telegram for more information.
00:50But the platform itself posted a statement saying that the listing was a joke,
00:53adding that the listing has since been deleted.
00:55Online users have also shared pictures of suspects, such as this one.
01:00In reality, this man's picture was shared on a website listing arrests in the US.
01:04He was arrested in 2010 for a burglary in Florida and has nothing to do with the heist,
01:10taking to social media to laugh about the claims.
01:13While there have been media reports about who some of the suspects are,
01:16their headshots have not been released.
01:17In another online frenzy, users shared images of a man bearing a fedora,
01:21who they claim to be the detective, working on the Louvre case.
01:24Although the individual may look like the archetype of a Sherlock Holmes-type detective,
01:29in fact, he was a passer-by who had nothing to do with the case.
01:32The 15-year-old had come to visit the Louvre with his grandparents,
01:35but had no idea that there had been a heist earlier that day.
01:38While the investigation remains ongoing,
01:40France's Ministry of Culture has already stated that the museum
01:43chronically underestimated the risks of theft.
01:45For more fact-checks, head to euronews.com.
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