The match of a lifetime turned into an expensive nightmare for at least two Maltese fans who had no choice but to watch the game in a Berlin bar after they were conned by a fraudster.
The football fans both paid the Maltese conman a €500 deposit for the Juventus vs Barcelona Champions League final last night but the tickets were never supplied.
A senior police officer told The Sunday Times of Malta it is believed the man was a convicted fraudster who chose to go under a different name.
The investigator said he had heard of different variations of the scam, but all were portrayed by a man fitting the same physical description but under a different alias.
Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.