counterfeiting

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Counterfeiting is a big problem across the industry.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Counterfeiting is compromising well-known brands, costing companies billions in lost revenue and even putting lives at risk, according to businesses affected by the violations and U.S. officials following their cases.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Initially, the pair were charged with offences under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act as this was the law that seemed to capture the essence of what they had done in reusing the internal passwords.

From BBC • May 19, 2016

Counterfeiting has been a problem from the start and reached a record high in 2014, with more than half a million fake euro bills in circulation.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2015

Counterfeiting the coin has been made a felony instead of being treason; and forgery of most documents has been made a felony instead of being, as it was at common law, a misdemeanour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various