Forgery

Sport

Kuwaiti Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad found guilty of forgery

Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of Kuwait has been found guilty by a Swiss court of forgery.

10/09/2021

Denmark

Danish right-wing politician convicted of fraud over EU funds

A Danish court has convicted former MEP Morten Messerschmidt of fraud and forgery, after wrongly receiving nearly 100,000 Danish kroner during his term as MEP in 2015.

13/08/2021

Italy

Fake euro banknote dealers busted by German and Italian police

Officers descended on 19 houses in Naples, Italy and Germany on Thursday and seized fake banknotes amounting to €160,000 as well as a gun and cocaine.

21/05/2021

Bulgaria

Rocky road for gang who used Sylvester Stallone in fake passports scam

The Bulgarian crime group had used the Rocky actor's name and picture to advertise their fake passports.

01/02/2021

Romania

Romania criminalises creating fake social media accounts

It comes after a case in Braşov in December 2018 where a man had threatened his former girlfriend with uploading compromising photos.

27/01/2021

Romania

Romania detains 'largest forger of plastic banknotes in the world'

Investigators managed to identify a fingerprint on one of the fake banknotes which helped them track down the suspects.

27/06/2020

Switzerland

Forged letter urges Zurich residents to keep asylum seekers in cellars

The fake letter says residents should keep "the living conditions of these individuals in such a way that they voluntarily leave Switzerland."

20/09/2018

France

French Étienne Terrus museum discovers over half collection is fake

A French museum dedicated to painter Etienne Terrus has discovered around 82 articles in its collection are fakes.

28/04/2018

Business Series

Facebook moves to stamp out fake news stories on its site

Facebook is to do more to prevent fake news stories from spreading on the social media website by making it easier for users to report them.

16/12/2016