Counterfeiting and forgery
Olympic official Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait found guilty of forgery in Geneva court

Sep. 10, 2021 08:49 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — Olympic official Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait found guilty of forgery in Geneva court. ...

Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah arrives at a Geneva's courthouse ahead of the verdict for a trial for forgery in connection with arbitration, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad found guilty of forgery

By Graham Dunbar Sep. 10, 2021 06:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) delivers a speech during the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. The trial opened Monday, Aug, 30, 2021 of an influential Olympic official accused of forgery in an alleged plot that implicated political rivals in Kuwait in a coup attempt. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah has been publicly sidelined as an IOC member and president of the global group of national Olympic bodies by the pending case. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)
Olympic official quizzed for 5 hours in Geneva forgery trial

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 31, 2021 04:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) delivers a speech during the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. The trial opened Monday, Aug, 30, 2021 of an influential Olympic official accused of forgery in an alleged plot that implicated political rivals in Kuwait in a coup attempt. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah has been publicly sidelined as an IOC member and president of the global group of national Olympic bodies by the pending case. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)
Trial of Olympic sheikh on forgery charges opens in Geneva

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 30, 2021 08:06 AM EDT

Feds seize $3.6M from company over sale of fake N95 masks

May. 18, 2021 09:32 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government has seized $3.6 million from the bank account of a company involved in a deal to sell $4.5 million in overpriced,...

Messages written by loved ones and dedicated to the deceased hang from a wall at a memorial for COVID-19 victims installed outside the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico calls fake coronavirus vaccines "a risk to health"

Apr. 21, 2021 07:00 PM EDT

Students file into the Beebe School, in Malden, Mass., Monday, April 5, 2021, as they return to full-time in-person school. The majority of elementary schools in the state returned to full-time, in-person learning Monday. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via AP)
Hospital worker spots shipment of counterfeit face masks

Apr. 05, 2021 12:32 PM EDT

In this photo released by Mexico's tax agency, SAT, on March 17, 2021, officials show vials of seized, alleged Sputnik V vaccines for COVID-19 in Campeche, Mexico. RDIF, the Russian entity that paid for the vaccine's development, said these vaccines were fake after Mexican authorities seized them from a private plane en route to Honduras on March 17. (Mexican tax agency SAT via AP)
Mexico seizes fake Sputnik vaccine bound for Honduras

Mar. 18, 2021 02:03 PM EDT

Italy probes vaccine scams even as officials court offers

By Nicole Winfield Feb. 19, 2021 02:43 PM EST
ROME (AP) — Italian police investigating fake COVID-19 drugs and vaccines have interviewed a Veneto regional official who reported receiving offers to buy 27...

A woman gets her shot of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at the Magdalena Contreras borough of Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, as Mexico begins to vaccinate people over the age of 60 against the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexico arrests 6 for trafficking false coronavirus vaccines

Feb. 17, 2021 09:20 PM EST

This December 2020 image provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows a counterfeit N95 surgical mask that was seized by ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Federal investigators are probing a massive counterfeit N95 mask operation sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities, and government agencies and expect the number to rise significantly in coming weeks. The fake 3M masks are at best a copyright violations and at worst unsafe fakes that put unknowing health care workers at grave risk for coronavirus. And they are becoming increasingly difficult to spot. (ICE via AP)
US govt seizes over 10M phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe

By Colleen Long Feb. 17, 2021 03:04 PM EST

Push to expand loans; Maine got potentially counterfeit N95s

Feb. 12, 2021 01:45 AM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's Republican senator has joined an effort to expand loan relief for small businesses that have been affected by the coronavirus...

This December 2020 image provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows a counterfeit N95 surgical mask that was seized by ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Federal investigators are probing a massive counterfeit N95 mask operation sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities, and government agencies and expect the number to rise significantly in coming weeks. The fake 3M masks are at best a copyright violations and at worst unsafe fakes that put unknowing health care workers at grave risk for coronavirus. And they are becoming increasingly difficult to spot. (ICE via AP)
Government investigating massive counterfeit N95 mask scam

By Colleen Long Feb. 10, 2021 01:57 PM EST

In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV via AP Video, policemen seize fake COVID-19 vaccines in Kunshan in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 18, 2020. Chinese police have arrested more than 80 suspected members of a criminal group that was manufacturing and selling fake COVID-19 vaccines, including to other countries. (CCTV via AP Video)
China arrests suspects in fake COVID-19 vaccine ring

By Huizhong Wu Feb. 02, 2021 05:47 AM EST

Florida man guilty of laundering stolen COVID relief funds

Jan. 27, 2021 05:15 PM EST
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who received more than $1.9 million in coronavirus relief funds faces up to 20 years in federal prison for laundering most of...

Israeli businessman and diamond-magnate, Beny Steinmetz, arrives to Geneva's courthouse for the reading of his verdict for alleged corruption of Guinean public officials and forgery documents, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Israeli diamond tycoon convicted in Swiss corruption trial

By Jamey Keaten Jan. 22, 2021 11:42 AM EST

EU police agency Europol warns of fake coronavirus vaccines

By Mike Corder Dec. 04, 2020 11:23 AM EST
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Union police agency Europol issued a warning Friday highlighting the risk of organized crime scams linked to COVID-19...

7 charged with selling virus test documents at Paris airport

Nov. 06, 2020 09:02 AM EST
PARIS (AP) — Officials in France said Friday that seven people have been arrested for selling false certificates of negative coronavirus tests to travelers at...

Prosecutors: Florida man lied to get virus relief money

Oct. 23, 2020 07:17 PM EDT
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who received more than $1.9 million in coronavirus relief funds is accused of laundering most of the money through a fake...

Lori Gonzalez, left, and Rachel Spray carry flowers to the temporary grave marker of Gonzalez's sister and Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center nurse, Sandra Oldfield, at the Sanger Cemetery in Sanger, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. Oldfield died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus. Workers at the hospital said they did not have the proper personal protective equipment. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
US medical supply chains failed, and COVID deaths followed

By Juliet Linderman And Martha Mendoza Oct. 06, 2020 10:23 AM EDT