Counterfeit and Forgery

More than 400 litres of suspected counterfeit vodka have been seized by authorites in a raid on an illegal alcohol distillery.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19804768.police-raid-counterfeit-alchohol-illegal-greenock-alcohol-distillery/?ref=twtrec

An Essex NHS worker suspected of helping to fake coronavirus vaccination records has been arrested.

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-crime-nhs-worker-suspected-6398749

A shop owner has been handed a suspended sentence for selling counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco from his businesses in Pontypool and Caerphilly town.

https://caerphilly.observer/news/1006443/shop-owners-100000-fraud-selling-counterfeit-tobacco-and-cigarettes/

The supply seized totalled more than £20,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco in duty

https://www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/huge-suspected-illegal-cigarette-ring-6236456?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

A man arrested by the National Crime Agency yesterday in connection with the supply of fraudulent passports to some of the UK’s most notorious organised criminals has been charged.

https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/criminal-passport-supply-gang-smashed-in-early-morning-nca-raids

A criminal gang that supplied fraudulent passports to some of the UK’s most notorious organised criminals has been targeted in a series of early morning raids by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/fraudulent-passport-gang-targeted-in-early-morning-nca-raids/

Bishop Climate Wiseman is charged with fraud and unfair trading offences after allegedly offering the package for £91.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2021/08/16/faith-healer-accused-of-selling-plague-protection-kits-as-bogus-covid-19-cure/

A fashion designer who claimed to own a bottle of perfume made by Michael Jackson worth £44m has denied two counts of fraud, one count of possession of criminal property and one count of theft of a motor vehicle.

https://www.easterneye.biz/batley-designer-denies-michael-jackson-fragrance-fraud/

Groups where vendors offer UK vaccine cards, Covid passes in letter and QR code form, along with EU Covid certificates, have a combined reach of up to 870,000 people

https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/anti-vaxxers-offered-fake-nhs-covid-19-passes-and-vaccine-cards-on-telegram-1136617?ito=twitter_share_article-top

The arrest was made following a police operation working closely with FACT who investigate cybercrime, fraud and other IP crime.

https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2021/07/28/illegal-streaming-service-shut-down-and-man-arrested/