Manhattan Resident Sentenced in Counterfeit Money Case
Goshen, NY – A Manhattan woman, Carol Ntuli, has been sentenced in Orange County Court following her guilty plea to charges related to counterfeit currency. On Friday, September 27, Ntuli, aged 39,…
Bradenton Man Sentenced To 18 Months For Manufacturing Counterfeit Currency
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Anthony Wayne Smith (58, Bradenton) to 18 months in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit currency. The Court also ordered Smith to…
Counterfeit Scarves Worth Over $285K Seized
The counterfeit scarves are valued at$285,000. ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Alexandria Bay Port of Entry seized designer scarves worth more than $285,000, due…
250 Counterfeit Chanel Brooches Seized in Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Mississippi — On March 29, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at the port of Vicksburg/Jackson, MS selected for inspection a shipment from China containing 250 women’s brooches. The counterfeit…
Dulles CBP Officers Find the Perfect Time to Stop Counterfeit Watches
STERLING, Va. – If this traveler could turn back time, if he could find a way, he might take back his newly purchased wrist watches to the Pakistan vendor. Instead, U.S. Customs…
Driver in Car Crash Offered Victim Counterfeit Cash to Pay for Damages
FAIR LAWN, NJ – The Fair Lawn Police Department is investigating after the operator of a blue BMW involved in a collision offered to pay for damages to another driver’s vehicle with…
Mother and son indicted for dealing counterfeit goods
LAREDO, Texas – A South Korean woman and a local Texan have been indicted for trafficking counterfeit goods, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. A federal grand jury returned the two-count indictment…
12 Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted for Distributing Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl, Laundering Proceeds
PORTLAND, Ore.—12 people are facing federal charges for conspiring to distribute counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl in the Pacific Northwest, and laundering millions in drug proceeds. According to court documents, beginning in…
Illinois woman sentenced for counterfeit charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Clarissa Mosley, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today to time served for a counterfeit charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Mosley, 25, pleaded guilty in September 2021…
Illinois woman sentenced for counterfeit charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Asante James, of Freeport, Illinois, was sentenced today to time served for a counterfeit charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. James, 22, pleaded guilty in September 2021…
Presque Isle Woman Sentenced for Passing Counterfeit Money
BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle woman was sentenced today in federal court for passing counterfeit money, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Jessica Jones, 31, to…
CBP Officers in Louisville Intercept 230 Counterfeit MLB, NBA, and NFL Championship Rings
LOUISVILLE, Ky— With one league in full swing, another gearing up for their draft and the other league locked out, criminals are still trying to siphon money from enthusiast’s pockets. CBP officers…
California Woman Admits Selling over 100,000 Counterfeit Retail Store Coupons Worth over $9.9 Million
NEWARK, N.J. – A Modesto, California, woman admitted today that she fraudulently created and sold over $9.9 million worth of counterfeit Catalina coupons used at various retail stores across the United States…
CBP Officers in Portal Seize Counterfeit Entertainment Systems Valued at Over $2 Million
PORTAL, N.D. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations officers at the Portal Port of Entry targeted a rail container destined to arrive in North Dakota. CBP officers…
Las Vegas Man Admits Guilt in Counterfeit Credit Card Scheme that Resulted in $382K Loss in One Month
PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced…
Lynn Woman Pleads Guilty to Role in Counterfeit Pill Trafficking Organization
BOSTON – A Lynn woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to her role in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that manufactured and distributed hundreds of thousands of counterfeit Percocet…
Baltimore CBP Officers Seize Shipment of 29,000 Counterfeit Water Purifier Filters from China
BALTIMORE – To borrow from the 1960’s rock band The Standells, I want to tell you a story about what Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found down by the Patapsco River,…
Lawrence Man Sentenced for Distributing Counterfeit Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl
BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with distributing counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. Ruben Mejia, 28, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge…
CBP Memphis, HSI and Gwinnett County Georgia Crush nearly $16 Million Counterfeit Goods Seller
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) in Memphis, working from information provided by the Gwinnett County Police Department in Georgia, seized two shipments of various counterfeit luxury goods,…
Federal Authorities Arrest Philadelphia Man who Allegedly Imported Counterfeit Airbags
NICB, NHTSA offer consumers advice to protect themselves from airbag fraud PHILADELPHIA – Federal authorities arrested a suspect today following a years-long investigation of counterfeit vehicle airbag inflators that included seizures by…
$2.88 Million of Counterfeit Items Intercepted by Chicago CBP in January
CHICAGO–On January 31, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at an Express Consignment Operations (ECO) hub near O’Hare seized a shipment that was arriving from Israel containing over $713,000 worth of…
Bradenton Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Passing Counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes
Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Dennis Michael Aigotti (54, Bradenton) to 36 months in federal prison for possessing and passing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. The…
Burlington drug dealer charged for death of Florence man he sold fentanyl laced counterfeit drugs to
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Florence Township Police Chief Brian Boldizar announced that a 26-year-old Burlington Township drug dealer has been charged with causing the death of…
Florida-Based Pharmaceutical President Indicted in Counterfeit Promethazine-Codeine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
BEAUMONT, Texas – A federal grand jury in Beaumont has returned a three-count indictment charging a Florida resident, along with nine other individuals, in a drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District…
California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Passing Counterfeit Currency
BOISE – A San Leandro, California man was sentenced to four months in federal prison and four months of home confinement for passing counterfeit currency. According to court records, on March 4,…
Philadelphia Man Charged with Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags from China
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Emiliano Rodriguez, 44, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with one count…
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