Tag: Counterfeiting and forgery
Ex-housing authority director indicted for alleged fraud
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The former executive director of a northern Indiana city’s housing authority has been indicted along with four others in a...
DOJ: Naturopathic physician sold fake COVID-19 vaccine cards
SAN FRANCISCO — A naturopathic physician in Northern California has been arrested and charged after federal prosecutors said she sold fake COVID-19 immunization treatments...
Awaiting news, families of condo victims bond together
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — At the Seaview Hotel in Surfside, a vast and once impersonal ballroom has become a refuge — a shared space...
Man pleads guilty to stealing $24 million in COVID relief
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to stealing $24 million in COVID-19 relief money by using fake identities and...
AP: Trooper charged in child rape hid checkered FBI past
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama state trooper arrested last week on charges he raped an 11-year-old girl had been kicked out of the FBI...
Mexico calls fake coronavirus vaccines “a risk to health”
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Wednesday that fake coronavirus vaccines represent “a risk to health,” after falsified doses were found in Mexico and...
Forgery trial of Olympic powerbroker now set for August
GENEVA — The delayed trial of Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, charged with forgery in an alleged Kuwaiti coup plot, is now set...
Mexico seizes fake Sputnik vaccine bound for Honduras
MEXICO CITY — Mexican customs officials have seized purported vials of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine en route to Honduras that the Russian entity...
Miami Mayor: Tom Brady of police chiefs gets top Miami job
MIAMI — Art Acevedo, the Houston police chief who forged a national profile by calling for gun controls, marching with protesters after George Floyd's...
Bulgaria, US Secret Service in counterfeit money raid
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Police seized high-quality forged banknotes produced at a printing office at a university in Bulgaria's capital, authorities said Tuesday.
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