The Industry Council for Tangible Assets recognized three individuals Aug. 15 for their outstanding work in combating counterfeiters and those who traffic in counterfeit coins and currency in the United States. Nicholas L. Tranchitella, Richard Weaver, and Doug Davis received Read More …
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Three receive Kreuzer Memorial Award
ANA donates $55,000 to ACEF to help fund ACTF
ICTA Executive Director Kathy McFadden, left, and ACTF Chair Greg Allen, center, receive $55,000 pledge from ANA President Gary Adkins, right. The American Numismatic Association (ANA) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting efforts to fight coin and bullion counterfeiting with Read More …
IRS grants ACEF non-profit status
The IRS has granted the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation final approval as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and designation as a public charity. “IRS final approval allows ACEF to move forward in many different directions to raise funds,” said ACEF President Scott Read More …
Confronting Counterfeit Coins with Beth Deisher
CoinWeek Podcast #102: Confronting Counterfeit Coins with Beth Deisher This excerpt and podcast is reprinted with permission from CoinWeek. This week on the CoinWeek Podcast, former Coin World editor and head of ICTA’s Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce Beth Deisher joins us to Read More …
ACTF to display counterfeit coin exhibit
The Industry Council for Tangible Assets Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force will exhibit a five-case display of counterfeit coins, precious metals bars, and grading holders during the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money Aug. 14-18 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Read More …
Man Pleads Guilty to Selling, Importing Fakes; Impersonating Agent
ACTF plays key role in investigation and provides experts to identify fakes A New Jersey man admitted June 25 to impersonating a federal agent while selling counterfeit coins and bars and unlawfully importing counterfeit coins and bars into the United Read More …
Minnesota Man Charged with Felony for Selling Counterfeit Coins
A 28-year-old man from Waite Park, Minn., on Sept. 25 is expected to respond to a felony charge for theft-by-swindle stemming from selling counterfeit coins to three pawn shops in the greater Minneapolis area. Eric Michael Johnson, identified in a complaint Read More …
Beth Deisher Honored With 2017 PNG Lifetime Achievement Award
The Professional Numismatists Guild honored Deisher with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Presenting the award in August 2017 were PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman, left, and President Barry Suppler. Beth Deisher recevies the 2017 PNG Lifetime Achievement Award from Robert Brueggeman Read More …
Federal Grand Jury Indicts coin dealer for selling fake coins
A Minnesota federal grand jury has returned a 6-count criminal indictment charging coin dealer Barry Ron Skog with five counts related to the sale of counterfeit coins and one count of mail fraud. According to the indictment filed April Read More …
ICTA Names 11 to Task Force Steering Committee
The Industry Council for Tangible Assets has named an 11-member Steering Committee and has formed eight Work Groups to begin the work of its Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force. ICTA created the Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force in January and named Beth Deisher as Read More …