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Beirut, Lebanon: Man arrested for selling counterfeit immigration documents

moe — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:48:45 +0000

As reported by Dailystar.com.lb The General Directorate of General Security arrested a man Monday on charges of facilitating the entry of people of various nationalities into Lebanon by providing them with forged documents in exchange for money, the state-run National News Agency reported. Read Article

Saudi Arabia: Officials warn business owners about counterfeit credit cards

moe — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:09:13 +0000

According to Fararnews.com the Saudi Interior Ministry warned store and business owners to be careful of falling into the trap of fraud when making credit card sales. Police received phone calls from different local store owners reporting counterfeit credit card sales. Read Article

Los Angeles: Florida man used son’s identity to get passport, faces federal charges

moe — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:17:20 +0000

As reported by Sun-sentinel.com, a former Broward County man who used his son’s identity to apply for a U.S. passport, partly in a bid to avoid being arrested for an alleged 1987 drug crime, pleaded guilty to passport fraud and aggravated identity theft on Friday, court records show. Read Article

New York police arrest 4 involved in debit card scheme

moe — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:33:05 +0000

According to Abclocal.go.com, police have caught four people they say stole more than $300,000 in a fake debit card scheme. Two of the men were caught at separate Manhattan banks, withdrawing money from flagged accounts on Thursday. Read Article

Germany: corrupt Lebanese embassy employees in Berlin accused of forgery

moe — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:15:08 +0000

Naharnet.com reported that, corruption scandals have reached the Lebanese embassy in Berlin as a report emerged to the surface on Wednesday that a gang is luring the Lebanese community in Germany to obtain the Lebanese nationality in return for large sums of money. Read Article

Cairo, Egypt: gang members arrested in police impersonation scam

moe — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:38:44 +0000

On February 14 2013, Security Directorate agents arrested three gang members specialized in stealing citizens and foreigners, through impersonate police officers asking victims in Ramsis Street, Cairo. Read Article

France: 21 retired victims lose 180000 euro in a huge credit card scam in Saône-et-Loire and Côte-d’Or

moe — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:30:51 +0000

According to Bienpublic.com, 21 retiree from 12 different retirement homes were victims of a huge scam. The story began in May 2010, when a small group of unemployed citizens with well-oiled techniques visited the victims retirement homes and stole their credit cards, checkbooks, maps, ID’s and other personal documents. The suspects then spent 180,000 € from these vulnerable people on trips, vacations, rentals and other personal equipments. In January 2012, French authorities were able to detain four of the suspects involved. Read Article

South Africa: two arrested borrowing corpses to commit life insurance scam

moe — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:26:59 +0000

BBC.co.uk reported that two people have been arrested in South Africa for “borrowing” a corpse as part of an elaborate life insurance scam, police have said. A police spokesman said a woman in Durban had created a fake identity and paid towards insurance policies. Read Article

Scotland, conman uses ID of dead prisoner

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:10:46 +0000

A Conman who received £3000 in benefits after using the personal details of a prisoner serving a life sentence has received a four-month jail term. David Williamson supplied the Department of Work and Pensions with Edwin Geirnaert’s national insurance number, pretending he had just been released from jail and needed a crisis loan. Read Article

California, woman loses $1200 in gold scam

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:56:58 +0000

A woman was swindled out of $1,200 after a man sold her a fake gold bar claiming he needed the money to help pay for his son’s medical care, police reported. A woman shopping with her toddler Tuesday at Vons in the 11000 block of Los Alamitos Boulevard said she was approached by a man who told her he needed to sell three gold bars for $12,000 each to help with his son’s hospital care, police reported. Read Article