forgery
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Scammers Sent Fake iPhones ‘For Repair’ to Get $3 Million in Authentic Phones From Apple
Two men in Maryland who sent thousands of counterfeit iPhones to Apple for repairs in order to get authentic replacement iPhones in return were found guilty by a federal jury on Tuesday, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. The men now face up to 20 years in…
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Every Note of Polymer Currency Has a Unique Fingerprint That Could be Used to Identify Counterfeits
One of the reasons countries around the world are transitioning from paper to plastic polymer banknotes was the promise they’d be harder to counterfeit — but it didn’t take long for fakes to proliferate. However, an avoidable flaw introduced during the manufacturing process of polymer banknotes could be used as a unique fingerprint to validate…