Convicted Coupon Counterfeiters Ordered to Pay Up to $15 Million
A Phoenix judge rules that three coupon counterfeiters will have to pay up to $5 million each, to companies whose coupons they forged and sold.
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Company Gives Up Fight Against Coupon Counterfeiters
The maker of Jack Link’s beef jerky has withdrawn its legal case against a trio of coupon counterfeiters that it can’t track down.
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…]
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…]
Police Say Publix Cashier Was in on Counterfeit Coupon Scam
(Update: All three defendants were ultimately sentenced to 50 hours each of community service and ordered to pay restitution. Dalton’s sum was $614.92, Bailey’s was $626.95 and Heath, the cashier, was ordered to pay back a total of $2,267.97.) Some enterprising coupon counterfeiters have apparently learned that it doesn’t matter if your coupons look real – if you get a[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…]
Probation, No Jail Time for Third Coupon Counterfeiter
The last of three convicted coupon counterfeiters may have breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the sentence that one of her former cohorts received. A week later, she’s now received the same – probation and no jail time. 54-year-old Marilyn Johnson was sentenced in a Phoenix courtroom today. Like Amiko Fountain, who was sentenced last week (read: “Coupon Counterfeiter[Read More…]
