Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors

A woman who authorities say posed as a licensed drug councilor in Glencoe will be sentenced in June on charges that she committed forgery when she deposited insurance company checks to her bank account, even though the checks were made out to the father...

May 07 (TheWrap.com) - Manti Te'o's girlfriend might have turned out to be fictional -- but she's helped to spark a very real lawsuit. Peteski Productions, one of the producers on syndicated talk show "Dr. Phil," has filed a suit against Gawker Media...

Daniel E. Doyle Jr., who hobnobbed with world leaders and built a youth-sporting empire through his closely run Institute for International Sport, was indicted Friday in Rhode Island on multiple charges of embezzlement, forgery and obtaining money under...

A state Senator who has legislation that would increase the penalties for hoax 911 calls known as "swatting" was himself the victim of such a prank call Friday. Police received an anonymous text message sent through an operator that reported a...

Los Angeles police said Tuesday night that a bomb threat that forced employees at the KTLA-TV studios in Hollywood to be evacuated was a hoax. "It was a hoax call," Los Angeles Police Department Officer Christopher No told The Times. "The guy called and...

A forgery investigation led state police to an active methamphetamine lab in Summit Township. State police said Jordan O'Donnell, 22, and Matthew Bowman, 29, both of 7052 Mason Dixon Highway, were found with an active meth lab in their second-floor...

It seemed an unlikely story. Voter Registration Office workers and a Democratic Party volunteer had been forging names on petitions to place Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the 2008 primary ballot in St Joseph County. But an investigation by The...

The Sports Xchange By Jeff Reynolds, The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: Updated with quotes Te'o's painful slide ends with perfect fit in San Diego An excruciating path to the NFL ended Friday for Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, who was drafted by the...

SOUTH BEND -- Guilty. On all counts. That was the verdict late Thursday in the forgery trial involving former chair of the county Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe, who were accused of conspiring to forge signatures on...

The Sports Xchange By Jeff Reynolds, The Sports Xchange First round ends with Te'o still waiting by phone His past footprints have been traced for months, but Manti Te'o must anguish one more day before learning what his next step will be after the...

Someone calls 911 to make a bomb threat, prompting the evacuation of a local TV station as police race to the scene. It turns out to be a hoax. Someone sees a package that they think is a bomb, temporarily shuttering a local city hall over terrorism...

Someone calls a television station and makes a bomb threat, causing a phalanx of police to race to the scene. It’s a hoax. Someone sees a package they think is a bomb, temporarily shuttering a city hall over terrorism fears. It’s a fake....