LaPlace man pleads guilty to $400K bank fraud scheme involving fake car loans and stolen identities
NEW ORLEANS, LA – A 40-year-old LaPlace man admitted to orchestrating a years-long bank fraud scheme that involved fake car loans, fraudulent documents, and stolen identities totaling more than $400,000 in losses…
Cheektowaga Woman Sold Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Cards to Undercover Agent
CHEEKTOWAGA, NY – A Cheektowaga woman, Kaiyah S. Heinrich, 24 appeared in court Monday morning to face forgery charges after she allegedly sold fake COVID-19 vaccine cards to undercover New York Department…
Cincinnati CBP Stop Fake Driver’s Licenses
CINCINNATI–-U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered counterfeit driver’s licenses inside inbound packages moving through the Cincinnati Port of Entry. During a routine examination of packages, officers focused enforcement efforts on…
Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Fake Percocet
A Fort Worth man who allegedly sold fake Percocet pills laced with fentanyl has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E.…
U.S. soldiers alive, despite Russia ‘fake news’ report, U.S. military says
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON – Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard falsely identified in a Russian media report as mercenaries who were killed in Ukraine are in fact…
$4.55 Million in Fake Jewelry Seized by CBP Officers in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers that inspect packages at the Express Consignment Operation (ECO) hub in Louisville see a variety of illegal items arriving and departing the U.S.…
Hidden Video Reportedly Captures NYT Reporter Calling Jan 6 Coverage ‘Overreaction.’ Fake Trauma, Fake News, Full ‘Of FBI Informants’
Hidden Video Reportedly Captures NYT Reporter Calling Jan 6 Coverage ‘Overreaction.’ Fake Trauma, Fake News, Full ‘Of FBI Informants’ Elliot Dordick on March 8, 2022 A national security correspondent for The New…
Purveyor of fake COVID-19 vaccines sentenced
Seattle – A Redmond, Washington, man who held himself out as a biotech expert was sentenced today in federal court for introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. …
Minneapolis Man Sentenced to Prison for Impersonating an FBI Agent, Lying to Victim about a Fake Terrorism Investigation
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 10 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for impersonating a federal officer. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made…
Whitefish man sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding Montana investor of $2.3 million in scheme to fund fake CIA rescue missions
MISSOULA — A Whitefish man who admitted to defrauding a Montana investor of $2.3 million by falsely claiming to be a former Force Recon Marine and CIA operative who needed funds to…
Queens Marine Reservist, Nurse Charged for Dealing Fake COVID-19 ID Cards
QUEENS, NY – A Queens Nurse and U.S. Marine Corps Reservist Jia Liu and nurse Steven Rodriguez have been charged by the federal government for forging and selling false COVID-19 vaccination cards.…
Wilmington Man Who Sold Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl Sentenced To Over 15 Years In Federal Prison
WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Wilmington, Delaware man was sentenced yesterday to 188 months in federal prison for possessing with intent…
China Is Using To Fake Twitter Accounts To Promote Beijing Olympics: REPORT
China is using a coordinated network of inauthentic social media accounts to shape public opinion surrounding the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to an investigation by The New York Times and ProPublica. The…
Conservative Groups Flooded By Fake Event Registrations
Multiple events hosted by conservative groups have been flooded with fake registrations across the country, including one at an Ivy League school hosted by a prominent student organization that engages in activism…
Philadelphia CBP Officers Monopolize $263K in Fake Miami-Bound Euros from Russia
PHILADELPHIA – A parcel of “Monopoly money” did not pass Customs and Border Protection officers, and the importer will not collect the more than $263,000 in counterfeit Euros that CBP officers seized…
Facebook, Instagram are hot spots for fake Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Chanel
By Elizabeth Culliford and Silvia Aloisi NEW YORK/MILAN – Facebook owner Meta Platforms is struggling to stop counterfeiters from pushing fake luxury goods from Gucci to Chanel across its social media apps,…
Russia Reportedly Planned To Use Fake Video With ‘Graphic Scenes’ As Pretext To Invade Ukraine
Senior officials in the Biden administration told reporters on Thursday that U.S. intelligence purportedly uncovered a Russian plot to use a fake video as a pretext to invade Ukraine, The Washington Post…
Fake New Jersey financial advisor stole $471,000 from scammed investors
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced that an unregistered investment adviser was sentenced to 3 years in state prison for stealing over $471,000 from 24 investors he recruited to invest…
Exclusive-In heated meeting, India seeks tougher action from U.S. tech giants on fake news
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI – Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as fake news on their platforms, sources told…
NPR doesn’t bring up Elizabeth Warren in long segment about people pretending to be Indian for job or college search
A National Public Radio (NPR) program released Wednesday failed to mention America’s most famous fake Indian in a segment discussing people who lie about being Native American. The episode, titled “Playing Pretendian,”…
$8.7 Million Fake Jewelry Seized by Cincinnati, Indianapolis CBP
CINCINNATI— From December 24-January 5, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati and Indianapolis seized four large shipments of jewelry deemed to be counterfeit by CBP’s Centers of Excellence and…
Philadelphia CBP Intercepts Fake COVID Vax Card – One of 30K Seized Nationally
PHILADELPHIA – Sometimes things are just too easy. On Saturday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers were conducting routine international parcel inspections for dangerous, illegal, or prohibited products when they encountered an…
Cincinnati CBP Stops Thousands of Fake IDs Leaving the U.S.
CINCINNATI–- Since early December, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intensified inspections on outbound shipments moving through the Cincinnati Port of Entry. During Special Operation Red Phantom, officers focused enforcement efforts…
Brooklyn man arrested trying to pass fake deed to steal house
BROOKLYN, NY – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a Brooklyn man has been arraigned on an indictment in which he is charged with grand larceny and burglary for allegedly…
Covington Woman Admits to Using Fake Investment Scheme to Commit Wire Fraud
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RITCHEL MOREHEAD, age 40, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was convicted of wire fraud in connection with a fake investment scheme.…
More than 1,300 Fake Championship Rings Worth $982K Seized in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI— During the holiday season, championship rings can be a fan favorite. Unfortunately, third party retailers are selling these counterfeit rings for top dollar conning the consumer out of a lot of…
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