Financial Monitoring Agency seized counterfeit dollars and euros in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - The Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) of Kazakhstan has reported a rise in cases of counterfeit foreign currency distribution.
Akimat denies rumors about renaming Kostanay to Sanar
Tengrinews.kz - The akimat (the local government administration) of Kostanay region has commented on the circulating information about the renaming
Ministry of Healthcare about quarantine and mask mandates in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - The Ministry of Health’s Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of Kazakhstan has confirmed that circulating reports
Counterfeit vodka factory uncovered in southern Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - A clandestine workshop producing counterfeit alcohol under well-known brands has been discovered in Shymkent, according to the
"Fake Kazakh citizen" detained with forged passport in Thailand
Tengrinews.kz - Immigration Bureau officers in Phuket arrested an airline passenger attempting to enter Thailand with a fake Kazakhstani passport,
Kazakhstanis are alarmed by 'Zhirinovsky's earthquake predictions'
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstanis are frightened by the prediction of "strong earthquakes across the planet", which will allegedly occur on 16 August.
Counterfeit Swedish vodka production discovered in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - A clandestine operation producing counterfeit alcohol has been uncovered in Kostanay, Kazakhstan, citing the regional Economic
Clear, crunchy and counterfeit: China's fake jellyfish
A tonne of man-made "jellyfish" has been seized by China's police, adding a new ingredient to the country's long recipe of fake foods.
Facebook Argentina fined over fake profiles
Facebook Argentina was ordered to pay a firefighter one million pesos for failing to comply with an order to delete insulting fake profiles of the plaintiff.
China museum closed over fake exhibits
A Chinese museum has been ordered to close after thousands of its historical exhibits were found to be fake, state-run media said on Thursday.
Wine dealer 'lied over fake vintages': US trial
Renowned wine collector Rudy Kurniawan forged some of the finest vintages in the world, a series of French experts told his New York fraud trial Thursday.
Star wine dealer goes on trial for fraud in NYC
Star Indonesian-born wine dealer Rudy Kurniawan went on trial in New York Monday, accused of blending ordinary wines into fake vintages in his California kitchen to sell to wealthy collectors.
US celebrity chef sued for counterfeit wine
Celebrity Chicago chef Charlie Trotter was sued Thursday for allegedly selling two collectors a large bottle of wine that was supposedly highly valuable but in fact was a fake.
Third world is swamped with fake TB drugs: study
Africa, India and other developing countries are awash in fake or sub-standard drugs for tuberculosis, fuelling the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB.
Hundreds jailed by 'fake' bomb detectors in Thai south
Implicated by the wand of a "bogus" bomb detector, Hassan became one of hundreds detained in Thailand's insurgency-racked south because of equipment that experts say is useless.
New nano-code ups the fight against counterfeiters
Scientists on Wednesday reported they had invented an invisible tag using the widely-used "quick response" code to help thwart banknote forgers and criminals who sell bogus drugs or fake vintage wine.
Canada to deport man after 32 years in country
Canada's crackdown on immigration fraud has unwittingly snared a Portuguese man living in the country for 32 years who said Tuesday he is being deported over an administrative gaffe.
Best-selling biography featured fake Bob Dylan quotes
A young star of American journalism has acknowledged he concocted quotes from Bob Dylan in his best-selling biography of the American folk legend.
Hacker posts fake New York Times editorial
The New York Times, which famously insists on the accuracy of its reports, was red faced Sunday after being fooled by a hacker's posting of an online editorial under the name of ex-boss Bill Keller.
American deserter resurfaces in Sweden, 28 years later
An American fugitive who has been missing and "wanted" since he deserted the US Air Force in 1984 has turned up in Sweden where he has been living under a under a new identity for nearly three decades.