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Lagos, Nigeria: Fake doctor arrested in medical scheme

moe — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:56:23 +0000

Dailyindependentnig.com reported that on Thursday, a man suspected to be fake medical practitioner, Michael Akorful was arrested in FESTAC Town, Lagos. Not only that, he was also accused of impersonation. Michael, 28, a Ghananian, known as Dr. Hilarious Abiwu, was arrested by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria and Health Facility Monitoring Agency. Read Article

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: State Revenue Service seize thousands of counterfeit alcohol bottles

moe — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:49:34 +0000

As reported by Eng.24.kg the State Revenue Service keeps on confiscating large batches of counterfeit alcohol, Department for control over production and sale of alcohol products reported. According to its information, the service detected a storage house for illegal alcohol production that belongs to a private entrepreneur A. Nazybekov. As a result, 5,331 bottles of alcohol at 470 thousand soms, including 90 bottles with doubtful excise stamps of Smanov Alko JSC, have been confiscated. Read Article

Philippines: High concerns over the use of counterfeit pesticides on Vietnamese rice

moe — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:06:47 +0000

As reported by Abs-cbnnews.com a lawyer engaged in reducing counterfeit pesticides worldwide has warned Filipinos that they may suffer from health problems if they eat rice from Vietnam and Thailand, since illegal pesticides are used in rice farms in these countries. The warning came days after the Vietnam Food Association said Hanoi will export 187,000 tons of 25-percent broken rice (fractured rice grains) to the Philippines between April and June. Each ton would cost $459.75. Read Article

Ghana: Millions of counterfeit condoms imported from China seized by authorities

moe — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:54:12 +0000

As reported by Theatlantic.com China’s $250 billion knock-off trade doesn’t just mean fewer handbag sales for LVMH, or a hit to the DVD sales market. It can also have potentially lethal consequences. Take, for example, counterfeit condoms, 110 million of which the Food and Drugs Authority of Ghana has impounded over the last week due to poor quality. Testing revealed the condoms to have holes and break under pressure. It also found that they were unusually small and insufficiently lubricated. Read Article

New York: Long Island woman indicted in cancer scam to support heroin addiction

moe — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:01:06 +0000

As reported by Abcnews.go.com a New York woman was indicted Wednesday on charges that she scammed her family and local businesses out of thousands of dollars by claiming to have cancer. The district attorney said she used the money she collected to support a heroin addiction. Read Article

Africa: Counterfeit medicines cause hundreds of thousands of patients to die each year

moe — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:49:16 +0000

Thegrio.com reported that fake drugs for tuberculosis and malaria kill around 700,000 people each year in less-developed countries, according to a report by the International Policy Network. In one shocking case, over the course of three months, 84 Nigerian children died from kidney failure brought on by the industrial solvent diethylene glycol in teething syrup. Read Article

India: two doctors sentenced to 7 years in prison for kidney sale scam

moe — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:59:52 +0000

According to Hindustantimes.com, a CBI court on Friday sentenced two Gurgaon-based doctors to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment each for their role in the Gurgaon kidney sale scam that made national headlines in February 2008. Read Article

Counterfeit cosmetics causing face disfigurement, cancer among Saudi women

moe — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:00:25 +0000

According to News.yahoo.com, dermatologists have issued a strong warning to women using counterfeit cosmetics and makeup preparations sold in two-riyal stores to stop or face disfigurement and possibly cancer. Read Article