The story has all the hallmarks of a film or a Netflix series; a famous French actor with a private yacht allegedly swindled out of millions by an alleged fraudster posing as a fake Irish lord and maritime expert. Delivering wealth, glamour, intrigue and private investigators exploring an anonymous tip-off and alleged money laundering through a complex international network of companies and property, the location shoots could take in Monaco, Cork, Brussels, Paris, Belize, South Korea and maybe even Samoa. Except according to the protagonist, 56-year-old film star Dany Boon, the saga playing out in a Dublin court is all…

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