9 years ago
Crown's fake shake: How a $12,500 cocktail helped cover a $32m heist
It was the cocktail that grabbed global headlines. Sold in 2013 for a mind-boggling $12,500, it even gave Crown Casino's Club 23 - the bar owned by James Packer, Shane Warne and Joe Hachem - a Guinness World Record. Except, despite the billing, it wasn't the most expensive drink ever sold - technically, it wasn't sold at all. Fairfax Media can reveal the purchase was faked to help cover up a $32 million heist that had taken place at the casino just a day before.
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