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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it uncovered a bulk shipment of counterfeit Adidas, Nike and other branded streetwear at a port of entry in early August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Trading-card grading volume is growing year over year, hitting a record high this April, and so is counterfeit activity.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

EBay is banning the sale of air bags and air-bag parts on its website, beginning next month, following multiple reports of fatalities involving components believed to be counterfeit and installed in used cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Vinted said there had been "fraudulent activity, such as selling counterfeit items".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Gatsby, his hands still in his pockets, was reclining against the mantelpiece in a strained counterfeit of perfect ease, even of boredom.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

But glassmakers on the island face exorbitant energy costs, a shrinking pool of apprentices and competition from counterfeits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

As Murano island’s glass factories face exorbitant energy costs, a shrinking pool of skilled apprentices and competition from counterfeits, the Seguso brand remains one of the last practitioners of the art form.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Risks of buying secondhand devices include outdated software, nongenuine replacement parts, activation locks, counterfeits and malware.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The judge accepted that Crowley had inherited the statues from his grandfather and did not at any point believe that they were counterfeits.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

I am speaking of love which is worthy of the name, not of its many counterfeits.

From Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making by Annie S. (Annie Shepherd) Swan

The Chinese company, DTN Airbag, has said it doesn’t do business with customers in the U.S. and that it believes the company’s parts have been counterfeited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Nine Italian nationals have been arrested and charged with trading in counterfeited goods.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024

But Leas sees these documents as mostly marketing, and these reports can be counterfeited.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024

“Love” stamp was counterfeited in a size larger than the authentic postage stamp.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

Each flower was made of glass or crystal, spun or carved, he could not tell: they counterfeited life perfectly.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

The Bank the move was primarily to stop counterfeiting so all images need to be replaced on banknotes over time.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

“It looks like the company’s seemingly blatant attempts at counterfeiting patented weight-loss drugs via compounding finally went too far,” said On the Street Substack author Herb Greenberg.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026

The Constitution contemplates Congress having limited law-enforcement powers and even specifies crimes it can punish: treason, counterfeiting, “offences against the law of nations” and “piracies and felonies on the high seas.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

Both men were charged with "counterfeiting medicines or medical products", and the 26-year-old also faces money-laundering charges.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

Secret Service, which was already responsible for defending the government against fraud and counterfeiting.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow