French FM's son faces bad check charges -- including for $1 million

October 31, 2015 03:22

Most of us haven't carried a checkbook in years. Much less do we tear out a check, fill it out for a million bucks and expect it to be honored.

Yet if authorities in Las Vegas are to be believed that is exactly what a certain Frenchman did three years ago. A Frenchman who just happens to be the son of the current French foreign minister, authorities say.

And believe it or not -- perhaps because the gentleman in question was sitting at a gaming table -- that check and others of considerable size were honored, according court filings: No problem, monsieur, here are your chips. Please continue gambling.

But you guessed it: Authorities say there were insufficient funds.

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