Let-off for the coin fraudster

A fraudster who tried to sell a stolen ancient Greek gold coin to experts has been sent on a ‘thinking skills’ course. George Hanna, 30, attempted to flog the £2,750 Alexander the Great stater to Baldwin & Sons on The Strand and Heritage Auctions Limited in Mayfair. But Hanna was cleared by jurors of scamming upmarket dealer C.J. Martin by using the alias John Hooper to buy the valuable artefact. Ema Sikic, who works at C.J. Martin, said she was…