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€400,000 fraud targets Differdange

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The Luxembourg municipality of Differdange is said to have suffered a fraud involving €400,000, according to the mayor quoted in the article. The municipal official said on Wednesday morning that the municipality had been the victim of this fraud, whose amount is described as several tens of thousands of euros in the source text.

The Luxembourg municipality of Differdange was the victim of a €407,755.74 fraud linked to the project to build the new town hall, Mayor Guy Altmeisch told the municipal council on Wednesday 30 September, reports Tageblatt.

An invoice for this amount had been issued in the municipality’s name in spring 2026 as part of the project. The case concerns the temporary municipal building set up in the former hospital.

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