November 25, 2002 A 52 year old woman was one of four people arrested in November 2001 after being suspected of operating a piracy ring that imported close to $100 million in fake software and computer products from Taiwan. The woman was recently sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $11 million in restitution to two software companies. Woman Must Pay $11m in Software - more

10 23 2005: A study of global movie piracy by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) found that the six MPAA member companies lost $8 billion to worldwide piracy in 2005. The Institute for Policy Innovation, a think tank based in Texas, calculates that the $8 billion lost to piracy translated into total lost output among all U.S. industries of $27 billion annually. - more

June 12, 2002:

In New York it was discovered that a 16-year-old liver transplant recipient had
received eight weeks worth of injections of a counterfeit drug to treat his anemia and raise the child’s red blood cell count. The treatments, instead of improving the boy’s condition, caused excruciating aches and spasms. The vials used for the injections were supposed to contain 40,000 units of the drug, instead the counterfeit version contained only 2,000 units. Other counterfeit lots were found in Texas. ---Ridgely Ochs, Sounding Alarm on Counterfeit Drugs; FDA Investigating Recent Cases, New York Newsday- more

All fact furnished by the IACC and their relative sources.

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We have started this site in an effort to raise awareness and garner support for this cause. The primary focus is knowledge. Once you know the true effects and repercussions that result from supporting counterfeiting and fraud, it is not hard for anyone to understand that this is a problem of epic proportions and international consequences.
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As public relations students of California State University, Sacramento we have developed this site to aid our cause. We have enlisted the support of the International Anti-counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) to help us with our endeavor.

The aspiration that drives the FearTheFraud campaign is to raise awareness, ultimately hindering the occurrence and effects of fraudulent activities through practical application of the theories and educational experiences garnered from our studies as students in the science of public relations.