PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United Nations said Monday that counterfeiters had begun printing fake tickets to gain access to free rice distributions, complicating giveaways that are meant for the hungriest Haitians.
David Orr, a spokesman for the World Food Program, said counterfeiters, active in Haiti even during ordinary times, had become more sophisticated since relief authorities [...]
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News: Fake Food Coupons Spread in Haiti
February 11th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Counterfeiting · Coupon Fraud · Haiti
News: Counterfeit Nikes on way to Haiti
February 5th, 2010 No Comments
1:10 A.M. — Lee Circuit Judge Edward Volz Jr. accomplished in two hours Thursday what a Fort Myers lawyer tried to do for 16 months.
The judge found a home in Haiti for almost 1,200 counterfeit Nike shoes.
So much for red tape.
“I was incredibly optimistic when I left the hearing,’’ defense attorney Pete Aiken said Thursday. [...]
Tags: Counterfeit Goods · Haiti · Nike
