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NEWS ABOUT: forgeries

forgeries stories: 5 news summaries

Japanese Swindle Could
Cost Lehman $250M

Forged docs from Japanese firm secured big loans

Mar 29, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Possible fraud involving forged documents from a Japanese trading firm may have cost Lehman Brothers $250 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The investment bank loaned funds to a Japanese biotech firm last year; the transaction was secured by top trading company Marubeni Corp. But the biotech firm filed for... More »

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fraud • Japan • Lehman Brothers • forgeries • investment banks • Marubeni • trading firm

Tiffany Presses eBay to Police Forgeries

Showdown may force online auctioneer to monitor—at a big cost

Mar 26, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A legal battle between Tiffany & Co and eBay could change the face of online auctioneering forever, the Wall Street Journal reports. The jeweler says eBay should be responsible for checking its millions of listings for counterfeit goods, while eBay maintains that it's up to the trademark holder to flag... More »

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Internet • eBay • online auction • courts • counterfeit • Tiffany • trademarks • jewelry • forgeries • copyright infringement

Cops Nab 9 for Selling Forged Bowl Tickets

Police uncover 50 fake passes, dope, and
more than $6K in cash

Feb 3, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Cops in Scottsdale, Ariz. nabbed nine people today for selling forged Super Bowl tickets, the AP reports. Police cottoned onto the scam when a Massachusetts couple reported doling out $2,500 for the fake passes. Cops tracked suspects to a Motel 6, where they found dozens of forged tickets, marijuana,... More »

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Arizona • police • Super Bowl • scam • ticket • arrest • forgeries • Scottsdale • forgery

Stradivarius Market Hits
High Note

Rush for 300-year-old violins sparks intrigue, drives price to millions

Jan 6, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The price of violins by 18th century Italian master Antonio Stradivari has shot through the roof in recent decades, with the instruments now worth 500 times their weight in gold, reports Der Spiegel. Three powerful dealers control a shadowy worldwide market rife with intrigue where frenzied collectors seek out the... More »

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Stradivari • Italy • violin • foreign market • forgeries • Stradivarius violin

Gauguin Sculpture a Fake

'The Faun' outed as impostor after decade in Chicago art museum

Dec 12, 07 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - After a decade on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, a ceramic figure allegedly sculpted by Paul Gauguin was revealed yesterday to be a fake. The museum discovered 'The Faun,' a half-man, half-goat figure, to be the work not of the 19th century French artist, but of a... More »

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art museum • art market • Chicago • art • Britain • art auction • Paul Gauguin • Art Institute of Chicago • forgeries • Shaun Greenhalgh • Olive Greenhalgh • George Greenhalgh • forgery

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