Saturday, May 14, 2011

Coupon News: College Student Faces Wire Charges for Creating Fake Coupons

A Rochester Institute of Technology student is now facing Federal Wire charges after using the internet to create and distribute a number of different coupons for products ranging from Play Stations to bear and cigarettes.

According to charges, Proctor & Gamble and other companies paid some $200,000 in false coupons thanks to the 22 year old from Texas.

These types of frauds are the real reason we see a decline in coupon availability and a tightening of store coupon policies.

To read the whole article, click here.

1 comment:

  1. That's messed up and that's not the worst. The worst part is a college student was involved. Why would you destroy your future for something so stupid

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