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Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Nearly $350,000 in counterfeit items were seized by Kershaw County investigators Tuesday in Elgin.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Sumter County investigator's say the Sheriff's Department made a huge bust involving massive amounts of drugs, guns, copper. More arrests are pending.

Monday, December 24, 2012 

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  The Lexington Police Department is working to identify two suspects wanted for using counterfeit bills.

Friday, November 18, 2011  Four people were arrested Wednesday after a authorities conducted a sting that resulted in the confiscation of more than $246,000 in pirated DVDs and CDs, among other counterfeit merchandise.

Thursday, August 25, 2011  Underage teens can purchase counterfeit IDs from China via internet.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011  The Kershaw County Sheriff's Department, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigators arrested 63-year-old Norman Elliot at his home in Lugoff Monday.  Sheriff Jim Matthews says customs officials stopped a package set for delivery to Elliot coming from Nigeria.  The package included almost 200 counterfeit checks worth over $550,000.

Monday, May 23, 2011  Officials say they've arrested five counterfeiting suspects in Orangeburg.  Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department Leroy Ravenell says more than $120,000 in counterfeit goods were seized during an undercover investigation at the Springfield Flea Market and Silverback Wholesalers.

Thursday, March 24, 2011  Six fake $100 bills were used at Municipal Court to pay the fines.

Thursday, January 27, 2011  Columbia police and the secretary of state's office worked together on the sting operation Wednesday at Evolution Designer Apparel in the Dutch Square Mall.  Authorities say the store had over $300,000 in fake merchandise including goods with logos of companies like Casio, Ed Hardy, Gucci and Ralph Lauren.

Saturday, November 14, 2009  A Cuban national arrested by Florence Police for using and having counterfeit credit cards was sentenced in federal court.

Monday, December 29, 2008  There's one business that's booming in the middle of this recession, counterfeiting.

Friday, December 12, 2008  A Columbia man is behind bars after police seized counterfeit movies and music following a routine traffic stop.

Thursday, December 11, 2008  Authorities say an ongoing South Carolina investigation has uncovered another half-million dollars in counterfeit goods including fake Nike, Christian Dior and Ralph Lauren items.

Friday, October 24, 2008  A federal jury has awarded a South Carolina woman more than $3 million from Target Corp. for distributing information that wrongly accused her of to trying to pay with counterfeit money.