The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/forgery/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:09:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png forgery | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/forgery/ 32 32 Israeli startup sues ex-CEO for fraud, and allegedly forging contracts using ChatGPT https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-startup-sues-ex-ceo-for-fraud-and-allegedly-forging-contracts-using-chatgpt/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:01:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3532562 Promai accuses Erez Ben-Eshay of fabricating fake contracts with giants like Boeing and Tesla, posing as a pilot and romancing the founder to defraud the company

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]]> Reserve army officer arrested for faking ID cards for 6 Palestinians https://www.timesofisrael.com/reserve-army-officer-arrested-for-faking-id-cards-for-6-palestinians/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:55:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3337264 Suspect allegedly printed papers identifying West Bank residents as having military credentials, enabling them to stay in Israel for years

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]]> Fake Hitler diaries from 1980s scam to be displayed at German national archives https://www.timesofisrael.com/fake-hitler-diaries-from-1980s-scam-to-be-displayed-at-german-national-archives/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:54:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3002528 Forgery sparked fury when published as authentic by Stern Magazine, UK's Sunday Times, before truth came out; publishing house commissions new probe into how fiasco came about

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]]> Man suspected of forging license plates, passports for imaginary kingdom https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-suspected-of-forging-license-plates-passports-for-imaginary-kingdom/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:08:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2944129 Shay Karamosta founded 'Yashar-El' after declaring 'dissolution of the corporate government of Israel,' established 'consulate' in his Hadera apartment

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]]> Ancient forgers? Israeli researchers ID ‘dirty currency’ from 3,000 years ago https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-identify-early-israelite-era-attempts-to-forge-dirty-currency/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 19:11:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2434682 Joint Hebrew University and Haifa University research finds materials such as arsenic added to mainly copper primitive 'cash,' apparently to make it look like silver

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]]> Guy Pearce steals show as art forger who fooled Goering in ‘The Last Vermeer’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/guy-pearce-steals-show-as-art-forger-who-fooled-goering-in-the-last-vermeer/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:51:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2432528 Out Friday in limited US theaters, the (mostly) true legal thriller about one of history's most talented charlatans illuminates lingering toxic anti-Semitism in post-WWII Amsterdam

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]]> Two desalination plants faked water quality data to cut costs https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-desalination-plants-faked-water-quality-data-to-cut-costs-report/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:16:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2140540 Energy Ministry inquiry reveals that Sorek plant manipulated chloride amounts before daily samples were taken; workers at Palmachim facility doctored lab reports

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]]> Netanyahu receives late brother’s haggadah, but report indicates it may be fake https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-receives-late-brothers-haggadah-but-report-indicates-it-may-be-fake/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:07:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2058119 Prime minister given personal items that belonged to Yoni Netanyahu from army buddy, but some items may never have belonged to famed Entebbe raid leader

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]]> Five paintings attributed to Hitler go unsold at German auction https://www.timesofisrael.com/five-paintings-attributed-to-hitler-go-unsold-at-german-auction/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:24:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2015538 No bids received for watercolors amid concerns of forgery

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]]> Ex-officer convicted in 2010 IDF scandal, won’t go to jail https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-officer-convicted-in-2010-idf-scandal-wont-go-to-jail/ Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:14:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1963979&preview=true&preview_id=1963979 Boaz Harpaz confesses to leaking fake document in plot to influence appointment of army chief, will get 220 hours community service in plea deal

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]]> Five proven Dead Sea Scroll forgeries only the tip of the iceberg, scholars say https://www.timesofisrael.com/five-proven-dead-sea-scroll-forgeries-only-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-says-scholar/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:48:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1947003 The Museum of the Bible's announcement it will pull fragments from display is to be lauded, but is only a first step as accusations fly over dozens of others in global collections

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]]> How artist beat ‘foolproof’ Nazi system to forge Dutch ID papers, save 350 lives https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-artist-beat-foolproof-nazi-system-to-forge-dutch-id-papers-save-350-lives/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 03:02:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1762053 Resistance work of Alice Cohn, expertly faking documents while in hiding, detailed in exhibit at National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam

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]]> Dutch experts doubt authenticity of painting signed by ‘Hitler’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-experts-doubt-authenticity-of-painting-signed-by-hitler/ Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:46:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1759870 Two researchers say watercolor attributed to Nazi dictator likely the work of a forger

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]]> Palestinian woman arrested for impersonating Israeli to get job in hospital https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-woman-arrested-for-impersonating-israeli-to-get-job-in-hospital/ Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:15:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1720462 Suspect from West Bank worked for over a month in cleaning position at a Jerusalem medical center before being discovered

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]]> Dead Sea Scrolls scam: Dozens of recently sold fragments are fakes, experts warn https://www.timesofisrael.com/dead-sea-scrolls-scam-dozens-of-recently-sold-fragments-are-fakes-experts-warn/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:21:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1692292 Since 2002, collectors have paid millions for portions of ancient text. As DC's Museum of the Bible prepares to open with several such pieces, evidence of fraud emerges

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