forgery
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The police have launched a manhunt for Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who had been presenting himself as the "PFIPC director general", on suspicion of forgery, impersonation and related offences.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Prosecutors targeted six individuals with charges focused on document forgery and breach of trust, The Wall Street Journal reported External link.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Forensic experts compare the legal battle over the will to the 1976 “Mormon Will” of Howard Hughes, which was declared a forgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The firefighters union also will be campaigning in a year when one of its recent leaders, Adam Walker, has been charged with one count each of grand theft and forgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
“It’s a forgery, and not a very clever one. The thing is typewritten, and there’s no signature or date. That doesn’t seem quite legitimate, does it?”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
The expert concluded that Hsieh’s signatures in the surprise will are forgeries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Lazarus rose in the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department, becoming a detective in charge of art forgeries and thefts.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
The account’s clear historical forgeries are somewhat obvious.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2024
But on the very eve of publication, Trevor-Roper, who had been ennobled as Baron Dacre, called to say he had changed his mind and now felt they were forgeries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
They were the forgeries that he’d borrowed from Scotland Yard five years earlier in his attempt to lure Le Fantôme.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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