HALLOWELL — The owner of a downtown market here said a man used a fake $100 bill to buy beer Friday evening, a report that’s drawn the attention of city police. Boynton’s Market owner Ruth Lachance said the fake bill was taken by mistake and she is using the experience to teach her employees a […]
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Waterville man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit coins
A Waterville man has pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit coins throughout the state. Mwashuma M. Sithole, 31, entered his plea in U.S. District Court on Monday after admitting to selling and pawning counterfeit Morgan dollar coins, according to United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II. The Morgan dollar is a U.S. coin that was minted […]
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Maine company admits producing counterfeit sports apparel, faces possibility of hefty fine
BANGOR — A Maine company that sold counterfeit Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots apparel faces a fine of up to $5 million for trafficking bogus goods. Robert Berg Enterprises Inc., which did business as Berg Sportswear in Corinna, entered a guilty plea Monday in federal court. No sentencing date was set. Prosecutors say the screen-printing […]
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Police say man brought juveniles from N.Y. to Maine to pass fake bills
SOUTH PORTLAND — A New York City man is facing multiple charges after allegedly bringing four Big Apple juveniles to the Maine Mall for the purpose of passing counterfeit cash, police said. The sequence of events leading to Monday afternoon’s arrest of Andrew Cupidore, 20, began when a mall employee told a South Portland police […]
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Rumford man scheduled to plead guilty to counterfeiting $50 bills
PORTLAND — A Rumford man is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to using oven cleaner, a hair straightener and a printer to make 10 counterfeit $50 bills. Nation Miller, 23, is charged with one count of conspiracy to make counterfeit currency. Prosecutors allege that on about July 3, 2012, Miller conspired […]