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.
Interpol unveils fake goods scanning app with Google
Global policing body Interpol announced Tuesday a pioneering initiative to crack down on trade in fake goods, using an app developed with the help of search giant Google.
Australians being fleeced by fake investment schemes
Australians have been fleeced out of more than Aus$113 million (US$115 million) in the last five years by complex fake investment schemes run by overseas criminal gangs.
Pyongyang parade's fake missiles and smuggled Mercedes: UN
North Korea may have put fake versions of a new missile on display at a major military parade this year, UN sanctions experts said in a report.
2,000 tenge notes counterfeiters rounded in Pavlodar
A Pavlodar citizen was apprehended in suspicion of running of an underground shop for production and sales of counterfeit notes.
