Fake MC's

[larsb001]

Saw this link in a Facebook group, it may interest some in here, seems to be organized fraud! It's an article regarding fake MC's in quantities.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-fraudster-made-thousands-selling-4208225

Edited June 9, 2020 by larsb001

[peter monahan]

I saw that too, and shared it.  Glad he got the jail!

Edited June 10, 2020 by peter monahan

[Dave Wilkinson]

48 minutes ago, peter monahan said:

I saw that too, and shared it.  Glad he got the jail!

Actually, he did not go to jail. He received a suspended sentence.

Dave.

[paddywhack]

He got 2 years with 18 months suspended so I'm reading it hes going to jail for 6 months and to bloody right he should be good to jail for it!

Edited June 10, 2020 by paddywhack

[Dave Wilkinson]

1 hour ago, paddywhack said:

He got 2 years with 18 months suspended so I'm reading it hes going to jail for 6 months and to bloody right he should be good to jail for it!

No, you've got it wrong. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for 18 months. If he re-offends within 18 months the two years imprisonment comes into effect. He is currently a free man.

Dave.

 

[paddywhack]

Ah I see!well that's not that much of a deterrent to any would be fakers out there!

[Stuka f]

Just got the news in my professional literature.

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/print-edition/2020/june/2447/news/raid-on-ebay-sellers-fake-medal-factory-run-from-garden-shed-leaves-market-reeling/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=atgnl&utm_campaign=atgnl-16062020

[paul wood]

There is a medieval French cathedral which has wall decorations of the tortures of hell , one depicts a forger being tortured by devils with instruments of his trade. That would be a marvellous punishment for this individual.

Paul

[Nick]

It would be nice to establish any trade mark features on these medals to help identify these fakes, that is if they are as good as they purport to be. Makes you realise if someone can do this as a cottage industry what could be achieved with real industrial facilities and expertise. He got greedy, that appears to be what gave him away. 

[Elmar Lang]

Hello,

I've also read the reports about that...

"Nothing new under the sun", though. Let's never forget what happened in Germany...

[paul wood]

They were evidently very good and if for example sold with a great war pair to an MC recipient they could have passed muster unless subjected to the most detailed scrutiny.

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