Forgery

French Trader Sues Bank He Allegedly Cheated For Billions

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Video, Societe Generale, Forgery, Reuters, David Koubbi, Jerome Kerviel, Tristane Banon, Paris, Isabelle Adjani, Business News

* Lawyer alleges manipulation of taped interview of Kerviel * Says 6 out of 12 hours of total interview time were cut * ...

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The Knoedler's Meltdown: Inside the Forgery Scandal and Federal Investigations

Vanity Fair | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Knoedler, May Issue, Paintings, Vanity Fair, Forgery, Arts, Untitled 1950, Gallery, Jackson Pollock, Scandal, News, 2012, Arts News
Vanity Fair

"The works are of a five-star quality. Maybe a few are four-star, but mostly five-star, which is why they've stirred such attention," Ann Freedman, former director of the Knoedler gallery, tells contributing editor Michael Shnayerson of the recent David Herbert collection.

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"Ancient" Greek Statue Declared A Forgery

AP | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Ancient Greece, Athens, Forgery, Sculpture, Ancient Greek Statue, Arts News

ATHENS, Greece — The statue of the young woman was found in a goat pen outside Athens, and Culture Ministry archaeologists soon declared it a fi...

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Prolific Forger And Guy Who Caught Him Team Up For Exhibition

Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Video, Mark Landis, Art Heist, Aaron Cowan, April Fools Day, Forgery, Slidepollajax, Matthew Leininger, Heist, Signac, University-of-Cincinnati-Museum, Fake, Fake Art, Picasso Fake, Arts News

It's not easy to be a famous artist, but it also sure isn't easy to paint like one. That is why we are so pleased to hear about the "Faux Real" exhibi...

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Museum Plays April Fools' Joke On Prolific Forger

AP | LISA CORNWELL | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: April Fools, Video, April Fools Day, April Fools Pranks, Forgery, Art Forger, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, April Fools Day Jokes, Art Forgery, Mark A. Landis, April Fools Day Pranks, Culture News

CINCINNATI -- Fool me once, the saying goes. But 50 times? That's what a convincing art forger did for nearly three decades when he donated his copies...

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Elderly Woman Killed By Granddaughter's Drug-Laced Chili: Cops

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Pennsylvania Crime, First-Degree Murder, Video, Forgery, Chili, Shelby Lyn Adams, York, Wendy's Chili, Theft, Drug-Laced Chili, Crime News

YORK, Pa. -- A central Pennsylvania woman accused of having killed her elderly grandmother with drug-laced chili almost four years ago is now charged ...

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Teacher Accused Of Faking Jury Summons To Skip School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Forgery Charges, Jury Duty Summons, Jury Duty, Video, Forgery, Teacher Forgery, High School Teacher Forgery, Jury Summons, Teacher Crimes, Forging Documents, Education News

Mona Lisa Tello, a 61-year-old former teacher at a Manhattan graphic arts public school, has been accused of faking a jury summons in order to get pai...

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Mother Fakes Her Own Daughter's Death To Obtain More Vacation

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Manhattan High School of Hospitality Management, Fraud, Video, Girl Scouts, The Jane Dough, Chicago Public Schools, Death Certificate, Drug Possession, Forgery, Costa Rica, Vacation, Sick-Time, NY Daily News, Business News

One Manhattan school worker was so determined to net another week of vacation in Costa Rica, she went to extreme lengths to get some extra rest and re...

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Is It Really A Masterpiece?

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Controversy, Art History, Forgery, Rome, Renaissance, Michelangelo, Italian Art, Scholarship, New York, Arts News

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A possible 16th-century Michelangelo painting that hung for years in a local family's home is being displayed in Rome as part of...

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FAKE: Motherwell Painting Declared A Forgery

nytimes.com | PATRICIA COHEN; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Motherwell Forgery, Spanish Elegy, Motherwell Fake, Forgery, Art Forgery, Robert Motherwell, Art Fakes, Killala Fine Art, Art Scam, Arts News

A forged Robert Motherwell painting was branded with the equivalent of a scarlet letter on Tuesday in a legal settlement involving three art galleries...

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Who's Been In The Girl Scouts Cookie Jar?

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Fraud, Girl Scout Cookies, District Attorney, Video, Forgery, Orangutans, Diamond Ring, Girl Scouts of America, Palm Oil, Ny Post, Grand Larceny, Nbc, Business News

Former finance director of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, Yaasmin Hooey, has been charged with stealing $310,000 from the nonprofit organ...

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Mystery Of Long-Lost Da Vinci Painting Takes Surprising Turn

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Art Auction, Forgery, Leonardo Da Vinci, Martin Kemp, Da Vinci, UK Arts, New York, Leonardo Fake, Da Vinci Mystery, Controversy, Long Lost Da Vinci, Auction, La Bella Principessa, Da Vinci Fake, Christies, Fake, Arts News

In 1998, a vellum-sheet portrait sold for £11,400 at Christie's. Today, the bidder who bailed at £11,399 is kicking himself. This painting, thought...

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Fake Lawyer Who Tried More Than 60 Cases Heading (Back) To Prison

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Fake Lawyer, Weird Chicago Crime, Fake Skokie Lawyer, Tahir Malik, Skokie, Chicago Crime, Crime, Forgery, Tahir Malik Lawyer, Impersonation of a Lawyer, Weird Crime, Chicago News

A 47-year-old Skokie, Ill., man who tried over 60 cases though he never obtained a law degree was sentenced Monday to serve two years in prison. Ta...

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Former Military Photographer Faces Fraud Charges

AP | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Photography, Fraud, Passports, US Military, Military, Crime, Middle East, Forgery, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo, Florida, Iraq, Miami, Arts News

MIAMI -- A former Guantanamo Bay photographer is facing federal fraud charges Miami. The government says Elisha Leo Dawkins made a false statement in...

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CHART: Florida AG's Disturbing Foreclosure Fraud Presentation

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forelosure, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Banks, Florida, Attorneys General, Forgery, Linda Green, Flag, Tom Miller, Florida Courts, Mortgage-Backed Security, Foreclosure Fraud, Tammie Lou Kapusta, Video, Business News

In their effort to sniff out foreclosure fraud, Florida regulators followed the trails of mortgage and foreclosure paperwork into a world of alleged f...

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Alan Greenspan, Animal House and the Scandal That Never Ends

Michael W. Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln Savings and Loan, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Modification, Ayn Rand, Backdated Documents, Forgery, Charles Keating, Robosigning, S&L Scandal, Animal House, Banks, Obama Administration, Alan Greenspan, Quick Killing, Business News
Michael W. Hudson

As I've tried to make sense of the Robo-Signing, Document-Backdating Foreclosure Scandal That Never Ends, a couple of things have popped in my head: Animal House and Alan Greenspan. Stay with me here.

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Science and Belief in Turin

Nina Burleigh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amanda Knox, Shroud of Turin Controversy, Religion, Shroud-of-Turin, Bible, James Ossuary, Forgery, Amanda Knox Trial, Science, Huffpost Religion, Israel, Archaeology, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion News
Nina Burleigh

The Shroud of Turin is only the most famous product of a thriving trade in alleged Biblical relics in the Holy Land, which today is a million-dollar business "verified" through the scientific lens of archaeology.

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Shroud Of Turin Reproduced; Italian Group Says Relic Is Man-Made, Fake

AP | By ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Luigi Garlashelli, Forgery, Catholic, Italy, La Repubblica, Christ, Fraud, Shroud of Turin Debunked, University of Pavia, Catholic Church, Italian Committe for Checking Claims on the Paranormal, Jesus, Shroud of Turin, Fake, Scientists, World News

ROME (AP)-- Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin -- revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb -- and say the experiment proves the...

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Former Denver DA Employee Suspected Of Fraud

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forgery, Fraud, Foreclosure, Kia, District Attorney Office, Bankruptcy, Colorado, Allstate, Car Loan, Court, Denver, Arson, Da, Denver News

A former supervisor at the Denver District Attorney's Office is under scrutiny, suspected of involvement in torching his own car then sending himself ...

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The Forger's Dilemma

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Accce, Forgery, Bonner, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Lobbyists, Green News
Carl Pope

What's an organization whose core mission is to create a false impression supposed to do when its hired agents add an additional, unauthorized layer of falsity to the scheme?

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How to Get Your Own Barack Obama Identity Documents

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mit, Birther-Movement, Fake IDs, Forgery, Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate, Sarah Palin, President Obama, Politics News
Keith Thomson

You want your own Kenyan Barack Obama birth certificate? All you need is about $200 and an internet connection or telephone to place the order.

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Giving Thanks To The Cover Song

Andrew Kronfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rock and Roll, Bob Dylan, Pop Music, Cover Songs, Music, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Forgery, Art Forgery, Musical Influences, Oasis Wonderwall, Jimi Hendrix, Musical Homage, Entertainment News
Andrew Kronfeld

In most forms of art, the idea of copying implies a forgery and a criminal act. But the case is different with pop music, where a cover song is viewed as an homage to one's influences.

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Bush & Habbush

Marc Kusnetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq, Kaplan, Bush, Impeachment, Habbush, Forgery, Tahir Jalil Habbush, Cia, Politics News
Marc Kusnetz

Perhaps -- and I'm only making a modest proposal here, so don't get me wrong -- perhaps the journalistic community might do something extraordinary: pursue the Habbush story.

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