Coupons in the News: The Top Stories of 2013
From the demise of doubles, to coupon crime, to changes in couponing itself, here’s a look back at the 10 biggest coupon news stories of 2013.
Post Tagged with: "Coupon Crime"
Woman Accused of Counterfeiting Coupons to Support Heroin Habit
A Phoenix woman is charged with using more than $1 million worth of counterfeit coupons at Target to support her drug habit.
Couponers’ Greed Helps Those in Need
Hundreds of cans of seized baby formula obtained by counterfeit couponers are donated to charity.
Man Faces 20 Years For Counterfeit Kohl’s Coupons You Can Get for Free
A California man admits to making and selling fake Kohl’s coupons online – now he faces up to 20 years behind bars.
Alleged Bail-Jumping, Witness-Threatening Counterfeit Couponer Jailed
Next time you get arrested on charges of using tens of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit coupons, it’s probably not a good idea to threaten to kill a witness, then jump bail and go driving around out of state without a license. But that’s just what 29-year-old Philadelphia resident Samir Muhana was accused of doing, in the months following[Read More…]
Walmart Worker Busted for Coupon Fraud on the Job
Oh, Walmart workers, when will you learn that coupon crime never pays? Well, actually, it appears to pay very well – at least until you’re caught. That’s what Elgin, Texas resident Cindy Hufford has become the latest to find out. The 42-year-old former employee of a Walmart store in North Austin has been formally charged with stealing more than $70,000[Read More…]
Home Depot Couponer Arrested for Bogus BOGOs
Couponing isn’t just for the ladies anymore – and neither, it appears, is counterfeit couponing. While the Coupons in the News archives are filled with stories of women behaving badly at the grocery store, a New York man has allegedly gotten in on the counterfeit couponing action in a most manly way – by using fake coupons to buy thousands[Read More…]
Mail Carrier Accused of Stealing Her Customers’ Kohl’s Coupons
Coupons for Kohl’s are like those infamous coupons for Bed, Bath & Beyond – they’re always showing up in your mailbox. But for some residents of a suburban Detroit community, they suddenly stopped coming. Not because Kohl’s didn’t like them anymore, but because their letter carrier allegedly liked Kohl’s a little too much. In a criminal complaint filed in federal[Read More…]
Dozens of eBay Sellers Targeted, as Counterfeit Coupon Case Goes Cold
Seller beware: You may not have created the coupons you’re hawking on eBay, but if they turn out to be counterfeit, you could be the one in trouble while the actual counterfeiter gets off scot-free. That seems to be the case so far in the federal lawsuit that snack maker Link Snacks filed earlier this year. The search for the[Read More…]
Walmart Worker Sentenced for Coupon Fraud
Over-extreme couponers aren’t the only ones getting in trouble for coupon-related crimes. A Walmart employee now faces up to a year in jail for using coupons to scam her own store out of a quarter million dollars. 39-year-old Eileen Zimmerman of Graceton, Pennsylvania was sentenced on Friday to six to twelve months behind bars, followed by six years of probation.[Read More…]
