The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Oct. 21 released further details about a $31.8 million counterfeit coupon scheme that resulted in a Virginia couple receiving a combined prison sentence of nearly 20 years.
In September, Lori Ann Talens, 41, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while her husband Pacifico Talens, Jr., 43, was sentenced to seven years behind bars one month prior for perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme that cost retailers and manufacturers over $31 million in losses, marking one of the largest coupon fraud schemes ever discovered in the United States.
