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| Feds Seize 1,000 Fake Badges |
| 2005-05-10 |
| A man has been charged with possessing an illegal cache of about 1,000 counterfeit law enforcement badges, authorities said Tuesday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Sergio Khorosh on Monday at his Bronx home after he accepted delivery of about 100 fake U.S. Marshals Service shields. The delivery was being monitored by the agents, who had first intercepted the badges last month in a shipment from Taiwan to San Francisco. During a search of Khorosh's home, agents discovered about 1,000 more badges, some resembling those of the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and New York Police Department, court papers said. Also found were six firearms, including semiautomatic pistols. Authorities were investigating whether Khorosh was supplying police impersonators. snip Khorosh faces charges of illegal transport of counterfeit badges and weapons possession. He was ordered held on $50,000 bail.snip |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #11 all 1000, huh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-10 21:03 |
| #10 Actually, there may be more to this than meets the eye. Police badge collectors can be extreme about their collections, paying premium prices for them. I met one so off-the-wall that he kept his collection behind bulletproof glass and heavily alarmed. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-05-10 21:01 |
| #9 whoops! LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-10 20:32 |
| #8 You like to live dangerously, Frank?? |
| Posted by: rkb 2005-05-10 20:28 |
| #7 hmmm - it's been lonely around my place, so I emailed Sergio via the link to offer more for sale. Think I'll have visitors? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-10 20:21 |
| #6 Great minds, same channel Pappy. ;-) |
| Posted by: rkb 2005-05-10 20:16 |
| #5 Nevermind. rkb beat me to it... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-05-10 20:14 |
| #4 Here's what might have led to it all. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-05-10 20:13 |
| #3 It appears Mr. Khorosh was buying them over the Net. |
| Posted by: rkb 2005-05-10 20:08 |
| #2 Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! (I had to be the first.) |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-05-10 20:04 |
| #1 Khorosh... Russian mafia? Sergio is kinda odd, maybe Sergei? |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-05-10 20:03 |