Figure 1 Counterfeiting incident cluster tool for the type of counterfeiting and type of counterfeiters including example incidents (adapted from (Spink and Moyer[2011b])).
Ms. Pirro said investigators later discovered more than 100 counterfeit checks and fake identification cards.
The officers also found about 500 counterfeit DVD's and hundreds of counterfeit brand-name handbags, prosecutors said.
During the raids, Chief Thynne said, detectives confiscated 249 fraudulent stickers and 108 counterfeit insurance cards at Mr. Ottenwalder's and 25 fake stickers and 113 counterfeit insurance cards at Mr. Valle's.
The woman, Aleya Begum, 39, of Queens, signed for a package with more than 100,000 counterfeit tax stamps, the authorities said.
The F.D.A. recently reported that it opened 8 counterfeit drug investigations in 2004, compared with 30 in 2003.
Last year the Bank of England removed 719,000 counterfeit notes from circulation, a relatively high rate compared with other countries.
Last week Verizon Wireless announced that it was recalling 50,000 counterfeit cellphone batteries masquerading under the LG Mobile Phones brand.
Forgery is one: in 2013 the Bank of England removed 680,000 counterfeit notes, with a face value of £11.5m ($19m), from circulation.
His antagonist in the Honda, Kevin Hernandez, 49, was accused of having 36 counterfeit $100 bills hidden in his socks.
