In November of 2015, Alec Hunter found a ten-dollar bill on the floor at Elkins High School in Fort Bend, Texas and attempted to buy his lunch with it. After the cafeteria worker ran a special pen across the bill and discovered it was counterfeit, she passed it on to a school police officer.
via BBC News Members of Egypt’s Olympic team have been given fake Nike gear, a synchronised swimmer has alleged. Yomna Khallaf said her workout bags had a big Nike logo in the front but the zippers had an Adidas branding on them. The Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) secretary general, Motaz Sonbol, said they were shocked […]
via BBC News A man who sold counterfeit medicines, including Viagra, has been told to hand over more than £14m ($22.7m) by Southwark Crown Court. He kept customer’s details in a folder entitled the “Thick People File”. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it was the largest confiscation order against a dealer […]
Via BBC News Italian prosecutors say they have broken up an organized crime ring that was hiding trillions of dollars of fake US bonds. Worth $6 trillion, the bonds were found in three metal boxes in a warehouse in the Swiss city of Zurich. Italian authorities have arrested eight people and are investigating them for […]
