Mob History#OTD (Aug 10) in 1908, Giuseppe and Luigi Clemente are acquitted of #counterfeiting charges at #NewYork federal court.
Hotspur🏳️🌈🇺🇦Musical Interlude: Just for fun....I randomly remembered this, my first exposure to the B-52s. I was impressed by the idea of a song about counterfeiting.
"Legal Tender," performed by the B-52s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBRr_TqLDf4
#MusicalInterlude #B52s #80sMusic #1983 #Counterfeiting #SoLongAgo
The B-52's - Legal Tender (Official Music Video)
This case revealed that the #NYC #Mafia of the period, generally believed to have been insular, actually engaged in cooperative rackets involving non-Sicilians and women.
The brush with the law did not discourage Morello from counterfeiting. The #Mafia boss was arrested, tried and convicted in a separate #counterfeiting case early in 1910 and served a decade in federal prison.
YYYY in Canada1806 in Canada
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1806_in_Canada#Historical_documents
Counterfeiters producing U.S. bank notes in Montreal are arrested, but their paper supplier is offered immunity if he turns King's evidence
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025588/1806-10-28/ed-1/?sp=2
pg. 2
#Canadianhistory #Quebechistory #counterfeiting #Montrealhistory
AptiviBeware of increasing external hard drive counterfeit products! Buy only the genuine external HDDs!
#counterfeiting #HDD #ExternalHDD #fakes #TechNews #TechUpdates
https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/beware-of-external-hdd-scams/
Matthew RimmerMeta and Shopify urged to act as scale of ‘ghost stores’ preying on Australian online shoppers revealed https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/04/meta-and-shopify-urged-to-act-as-scale-of-ghost-stores-preying-on-australian-online-shoppers-revealed-ntwnfb #consumerlaw #fakes #trademark #counterfeiting
Mika RautioMembers of a criminal group involved in the production of high-quality counterfeit euro banknotes have been arrested in a cross-border operation supported by Europol. The leader of the gang sold the counterfeit banknotes via an online messaging platform, with buyers making payments in cryptocurrency. Once the payments were confirmed, the fake banknotes were sent through the regular postal service.
3 counterfeiters arrested in Italy for forging banknotes worth EUR 180 000 | Europol
A cross-border operation supported by Europol, led to the arrest of members of a criminal group involved in the production of high-quality counterfeit euro banknotes. Investigators believe the criminal group counterfeited banknotes worth an estimated EUR 180 000.
JKNI've wondered for decades why global brand-owners simply can't be bothered to fight rampant #counterfeiting in #Malaysia
Are higher powers involved? Does scamming consumers constitute too large a portion of the nation's economy?
Tom Hunt#OTD (Mar 12) in #OrganizedCrime #History: a future #Pittsburgh boss is born in #Italy, mobsters go on trial for #counterfeiting, #NYPD Lt. #Petrosino is assassinated in #Palermo, Senate panel opens organized crime hearings in #NYC, #KansasCity leader Civella passes, Zannino is sentenced in #NewEngland.
chirp🇫🇷 [2024-2026] Stratégies de lutte contre la contrefaçon ― L'approche offensive visant à identifier et démanteler les réseaux criminels qui alimentent ces flux. #france #dnred #tactics #future #strategic #illicit #business #trafficking #europe #olaf #unifab #counterfeiting [ https://www.ege.fr/infoguerre/innovation-la-reponse-des-douanes-francaises-face-la-contrefacon ]
