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• How US lawmakers can keep supply chains secure from counterfeits

  19-Feb-21 - Legislation introduced in the US would help keep counterfeit merchandise off of third-party marketplaces, says BSAC.

• Two US doctors ‘admit dealing in unapproved cancer drugs’

  19-Feb-21 - Drs Stanley Rossman and Mark Goldstein face charges of obtaining more than $1m-worth of falsified Avastin/Altuzan.

• Antares Vision grows again with rfXcel acquisition

  19-Feb-21 - Antares is paying $120m upfront for traceability specialist rfXcel, and says the merger will double the size of its software business.

• Supplement maker Hebe Life taps Eltronis for authentication tech

  18-Feb-21 - Security label on the company's products feature a QR code that can be scanned with a smartphone for verification.

• Lottery group Sinopharm Tech buys stake in anti-counterfeit firm

  18-Feb-21 - 25 per cent share in Shenzhen Ficus Tech gives Sinopharm access to security technologies for its lottery tickets.

• Mexican police arrest six for fake COVID-19 vaccine trafficking

  18-Feb-21 - Falsified copies of the Pfizer/BioNTech shot were being offered for $2,000 at a private clinic in Monterrey, Nuevo León.

• China arrests man it says was fake COVID-19 jab ringleader

  16-Feb-21 - The man, named as Kong, is said to have made a profit of $2.8m from the sale of almost 60,000 counterfeit vaccines.

• Amazon teams up with Ferragamo on fake seller lawsuits

  15-Feb-21 - Complaint says Amazon accounts were used to peddle fake Ferragamo products, including belts, in 2019 and 2020.

• Erectile dysfunction supplement fraudster gets 46 months

  14-Feb-21 - Nam Hyun Lee made millions importing bulk drugs and selling them illegally in herbal supplements.

• VerifyMe raises $8.75m more for anti-counterfeit platform

  14-Feb-21 - New fundraising comes a few months after VerifyMe raised $10m and uplisted its shares to the Nasdaq.

• US men get jail time for counterfeiting IDs

  14-Feb-21 - Two Texas men have been sentenced to prison for their part in a conspiracy to produce and transfer faked IDs.

• Homeland Security warns of massive fake 3M mask ring

  12-Feb-21 - Counterfeit 3M brnded N95 masks are suspected of being sold in at least five states, according to an AP report.

• Fake Yellow Tail wine costs UK supermarket its license

  12-Feb-21 - 41 counterfeit bottles of wine from Australian producer Casella Brands were found at KVK Supermarket in Sutton Coldfield.

• No, you didn’t just buy a genuine rock god guitar!

  10-Feb-21 - Some buyers laying down money for guitars associated with iconic rock guitarists are in for a big disappointment.

• Conserve Italia adds traceability to its peach products

  09-Feb-21 - Consumers can check the provenance of Valfrutta peaches by scanning a QR code, says Italian producer.

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