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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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…]
Coupon Counterfeiter Gets Probation, No Jail Time
Her former boss got two years in prison for her role in running a multi-million dollar counterfeit coupon ring in Phoenix. So it was presumed that, as a mere employee, Amiko Fountain’s sentence would be somewhat less severe. And it was. 43-year-old Fountain was sentenced today to three years probation, on a single count of counterfeiting. She had already served[Read More…]
Counterfeit Coupon Ringleader is Sentenced
Hundreds of companies victimized. Thousands of customers scammed. Tens of millions of dollars raked in. And two years in prison. That’s fair, right? That was the sentence handed down today to 41-year-old Robin Ramirez, the ringleader of a counterfeit coupon operation that was busted in Phoenix last summer. Ramirez pleaded guilty in February to charges of counterfeiting, fraud and illegal[Read More…]
Counterfeit Coupon Ringleader Pleads Guilty
Tens of millions of dollars worth of counterfeit coupons are out of circulation, and now, so is the woman charged with running the whole operation. 41-year-old Robin Ramirez, who was set to stand trial for operating a multi-million dollar counterfeit coupon ring in Phoenix, has changed her pleas to guilty, on charges of counterfeiting, fraud and illegal control of an[Read More…]
Second Coupon Counterfeiter Pleads Guilty
Two down, one to go. A second suspect in the massive counterfeit coupon ring that was busted in Phoenix this summer, has changed her plea to guilty. During a court hearing today, 42-year-old Amiko Fountain pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of counterfeiting. Additional charges of forgery and fraud will be dropped. The plea agreement matches that of co-defendant Marilyn[Read More…]
Coupon Counterfeiter Pleads Guilty
One of three women charged in a massive coupon fraud ring has changed her plea to guilty – admitting her role in the multi-million dollar counterfeit coupon operation. 54-year-old Marilyn Johnson pleaded guilty in a Phoenix courtroom today to a reduced charge of counterfeiting, changing her original not guilty plea on charges of counterfeiting, forgery and fraud. Johnson was arrested[Read More…]
“How To Make Coupons” – And Get Busted For It
You may have been following the recent case of the alleged SavvyShopperSite coupon counterfeiters arrested last month in Phoenix (read: Cops Crack Crooked Coupon Caper), but an earlier coupon counterfeiting case is now coming to a close. And compared to the multi-million-dollar Phoenix case, what this other counterfeit coupon case was lacking in its financial scope, it more than made[Read More…]
“Not Guilty”, Say Alleged Coupon Counterfeiters
Their coupons are confiscated and their website is no more, but the three Phoenix women accused of operating a multi-million dollar counterfeit coupon ring say they’re innocent. Robin Ramirez, Marilyn Johnson and Amiko Fountain all pleaded not guilty Wednesday, in Maricopa County (Arizona) Superior Court. Johnson and Fountain, whose families claim they didn’t know the coupons they’re accused of helping[Read More…]
Selling Fake Stuff Doesn’t Make Your Web Host Happy
If you were thinking of buying a bunch of fake coupons from the SavvyShopperSite, think again! A week after three women were arrested and charged with counterfeiting the coupons sold on the site, it’s been shut down. The site was registered with Go Daddy and hosted by Act Now Domains, both of which state in their terms of service, “You[Read More…]
