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In the "trace-over method", the sheet of paper containing the genuine signature is placed on top of the paper where the forgery is required. The signature is traced over, appearing as a faint indentation on the sheet of paper underneath. This indentation can then be used as a guide for a signature. [1]
Punishments for forgery vary widely. In California, forgery for an amount under $950 [14] can result in misdemeanor charges and no jail time, while a forgery involving a loss of over $500,000 can result in three years in prison for the forgery plus a five-year "conduct enhancement" for the amount of the loss, yielding eight years in prison. [15]
Three people have been criminally charged with involvement in a signature forgery scheme that spoiled five Republican gubernatorial bids in Michigan last year, state authorities said Thursday.
Identity document forgery. Fake passport; Literary forgery. Fake memoirs; Pseudopigraphy — the false attribution of a work, not always as an act of forgery; Musical forgery — music allegedly written by composers of past eras, but actually composed later by someone else; Philatelic forgery — fake stamps produced to defraud stamp collectors ...
The affidavit attached sample signatures. If the forgery claims are true -- and that's not much of an "if" -- the false deeds cloud the properties' titles, creating a nightmare for the innocent ...
Cosey's career of historical forgery began by chance. In 1929, he went to the Library of Congress and asked to see some old documents; he stole a pay warrant endorsed by Benjamin Franklin in 1786. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When he tried to sell it to a New York City book dealer, however, the dealer told him it was a fake. [ 2 ]
For example, in Pennsylvania, the attorneys have done foreclosures with papers no lawyer reviewed, bearing signatures forged with the firms' named partners' permission. Those foreclosures, which ...
The FBI defaced forged signatures on the equipment and memorabilia they confiscated during the investigation, and donated them to children's organizations and other groups. [ 16 ] The operation was finally ended in 2005, after shutting down 18 forgery rings and confiscating $15 million worth of fake memorabilia. [ 6 ]