Man hit with criminal charge in Queen Elizabeth walking stick fraud
Newsy
A 26-year-old man was found guilty of fraud for listing a walking stick on eBay that he claimed had been used by Queen Elizabeth II.
A 26-year-old man in the United Kingdom has been charged with fraud and false representation after he listed on the auction selling platform eBay what he claimed to be a walking stick that was used by the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The man, named by police as Dru Marshall, was sentenced in the case for attempting to defraud buyers on the website.
Marshall is said to have listed the item for the equivalent of around $686, describing it as an "antler walking stick," and claimed the money would be donated to cancer research.
Authorities said the man, from the southern England locality of Hampshire, canceled the listing once he discovered police had begun an investigation.
A crown prosecutor in the case, Julie Macey, said Marshall attempted to use the death of the late queen to "try and hoodwink the public with a fake charity auction," according to a statement reported on by the BBC and other outlets.
