Current Director Beth Deisher will step down in September after successful anti-counterfeiting work (Rosemont, Illinois) August 13, 2019 – Doug Davis, founder of the Numismatic Crime Information Center (www.NumismaticCrimes.org) and a former Police Chief of the Dallas suburb of Pantego, Read More …
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Skog gets 30 months for selling counterfeit coins
Minnesota coin dealer Barry Ron Skog, 68, was sentenced July 9th to 30 months in federal prison for carrying out a counterfeit coin fraud scheme in multiple states. In addition, Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Read More …
PNG Clarifies Bylaws & Code of Ethics Language Regarding Counterfeits
Recently adopted anti-counterfeiting language in the Bylaws of the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) has been revised to clarify the organization’s commitment to fighting against modern fakes entering the marketplace. PNG leaders also have now amended anti-counterfeiting language in their Code Read More …
PNG Strengthens Anti-Counterfeiting Bylaws, Welcomes Ten New Members
As part of the organization’s anti-counterfeiting efforts, the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) has added additional conduct restrictions to its Code of Ethics regarding involvement with fakes. Four words, indicated here in italics, have been added and are now part of Read More …
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Coins, Committing Mail Fraud
Barry Ron Skog, 68, of Burnsville, Minn., pleaded guilty February 21 to one count of selling counterfeit coins and one count of mail fraud in the United States District Court of Minnesota in St. Paul. Skog faces a potential maximum Read More …
Nominate an Anti-Counterfeiting Crusader for a Prestigious Honor
Do you know someone who has actively helped in the fight against counterfeit coins, bank notes and/or fake third-party encapsulation holders the past year? The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) is seeking nominees for its third annual Alan Kreuzer Memorial Award. Read More …
New date set for Kirschner sentencing
April 25 is the new date for Jonathan A. Kirschner’s sentencing hearing. U.S. District Court Judge Robert B. Kugler had been scheduled to sentence Kirschner on February 5 for his admitted crimes of falsely impersonating an agent of the Bureau Read More …
COINage Confidential: Beth Deisher
ACEF Director of Anti-Counterfeiting Beth Deisher discusses the work of the Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force and answers a wide-range of questions in a four-page article published in the the January 2019 issue of COINage magazine. She is featured in the magazine’s Read More …
PNG Leaders Step Up Fight Against Fakes
New nonprofit entity created to accept donations for important 2019 work by Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force (Temecula, California) November 29, 2018 – The Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force (ACTF) accomplished major victories combatting fakes and educating the public about counterfeits in the marketplace Read More …
Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force Moves to Foundation
The Industry Council for Tangible Assets and the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation have jointly announced an agreement to transfer the Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force and the position of director of anti-counterfeiting from ICTA to the non-profit 501-C-3 foundation. The transfer became effective Read More …