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Virginia: Mount Vernon Police warn of counterfeit $20s in circulation

moe — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:13:33 +0000

As reported by Thesouthern.com a handful of counterfeit $20 bills have been circulating in Mount Vernon in recent days, according to an alert issued by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning. At least 12 fake bills have been reported to the chamber since the weekend. The incidents have been reported to both the Mount Vernon Police Department, as well as the United State’s Secret Service. Read Article

Radford, VA: Porn DVDs and counterfeit alcohol seized at local shop

moe — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:10:30 +0000

As reported by Coventrytelegraph.net a city shop has had its alcohol licence suspended after counterfeit booze and porn DVDs were seized. A licensing review meeting decided to suspend the licence of Sandy Lane Newsagents & Off-Licence, in Radford, for three month. Read Article

Former FBI agent and wife sentenced in financial investment fraud scheme

moe — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:48:24 +0000

fbi.gov reported that former FBI agent John Robert “Bob” Graves and his wife Sara Turberville Graves were sentenced today in federal court to serve 135 months in prison and 36 months in prison, respectively, for their participation in an investment fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride; Jeffrey C. Mazanec, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Field Office; and Keith A. Fixel, Inspector in Charge of the Charlotte Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). John Graves, 53, and Sara Graves, 45, both of Fredericksburg, Virginia, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer in the Eastern District of Virginia. In addition to their prison sentences, John and Sara Graves were both sentenced to serve three years of supervised release and were also ordered to pay $1,235,773 in restitution to the victims of their fraud. Read Article

Con artist scams Girl Scouts

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:12:06 +0000

Some Virginia Beach Girl Scouts are the victims of a scam artist.
The girls were selling Girl Scout Cookies last weekend when a man used counterfeit money to cheat them not once, but twice. Trisha Pehrson is the leader of the troop of 6 and 7 year olds. Read Article

Virginia,Restaurants, caterers warned about scam

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:23:30 +0000

A familiar scam that targets caterers and restaurants resurfaced recently in Chesterfield County. “This closely resembles other scams we’ve investigated last year,” said Tom Gallagher, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau in central Virginia. Gallagher said the perpetrator used a phone relay service to place a large order with a Chesterfield-based caterer. Read Article