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Roommate Rip-Off

DPA news agency (sms)October 18, 2008

Apparently convinced the United States would want to save some money after starting a $700 billion bank bailout, a German tried to sell the American embassy in Rome. The attempt landed him in jail.

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Police cars in front of the US embassy in Rome
Excellent location, safe neighbor, but still occupiedImage: picture-alliance/dpa

The 57-year-old man is also believed to have tried to sell the building that houses the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome to a German businessman, the reports said on Saturday, Oct. 18.

The man was already being sought under a European warrant by German authorities for serious fraud and falsified identification papers.

In September, he caught authorities' attention when he tried to sell the businessman, who lives in the principality of Monaco, shopping centers in Rome and Milan.

Apparently an Italian real estate expert, the man has reportedly not attempted to sell any bridges in Brooklyn.