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Nation’s Biggest Fake Coupon Ring Busted In Phoenix!

July 13, 2012 by Dawn McAlexander

The three women were busted with millions of dollars worth of fake coupons in their home. One of the women had over $25 million in one of her bank accounts. They also had an arsenal of weapons and several vehicles! Sheesh!

Filed Under: Finance Tagged With: counterfeit coupons, coupon fraud, coupons

About Dawn McAlexander

Dawn is a full time writer and content creator. Besides Cheap Is The New Classy, she also owns and writes for EatPlayRock.com, an entertainment site. Her interests include traveling, attending music events, DIY projects and reading. Dawn has a B.S. in Psychology and currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, Kenny, their dog, Marley, and their cat, TJ.

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  1. Michelle P says

    July 13, 2012 at 4:09 am

    WOW!!!

  2. Jennifer Williams says

    July 13, 2012 at 5:59 am

    I hate this, it makes couponers look bad. I love my coupons, but am very picky about following the rules. I feel horrible when I mistakenly have an extra one in my stack and am glad the cashier catches it. I could not imagine knowing I was doing it wrong.

  3. maria says

    July 13, 2012 at 6:52 am

    I saw this a few days ago & kept thinking this is exactly why Walmart gives me the evil eye when using free item coupons. It make the rest of us look bad. At least the caught the people.

  4. Angie says

    July 13, 2012 at 10:42 am

    I can not believe that the people running this business even had a “wall of shame” section listed on their website. Really!?!

    • Dawn says

      July 13, 2012 at 1:28 pm

      Wall of Shame? Man, I missed that!

      Dawn

  5. Emily Ploch says

    July 13, 2012 at 10:46 am

    This is so incredible! I can’t believe people have the guts to do this kind of thing. Have fun in prison ladies!

    • Dawn says

      July 13, 2012 at 1:27 pm

      Lol!

      Dawn

  6. Amy D says

    July 13, 2012 at 11:34 am

    Geez, you might have thought they were running a drug ring with all those guns! I guess fraudulant coupons are just as bad though

  7. ellen says

    July 13, 2012 at 12:18 pm

    Not surprised at all… one of those women sold on EBay for many many years and all she did was keep changing her seller ID. EBay was told they were fakes.

  8. Dede says

    July 13, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    That’s awful, and as the previous comments said—it makes couponers look bad.

  9. Jennifer Clay says

    July 13, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    I was actually reading about this yesterday! This is down right crazy! It is people like this that makes couponing so hard for honest couponers. :/

  10. Savannah says

    July 13, 2012 at 2:19 pm

    Ok… fake coupons aside.. they had an ARSENAL OF WEAPONS!!! 3 women with an arsenal of weapons and millions in fake coupons. Please someone in Hollywood pick this up!

    • Dawn says

      July 13, 2012 at 3:51 pm

      I KNOW! This would make an awesome movie!!! But who would be good actresses to play the crazed gun toting, counterfeit coupon hoarding women??

      Dawn

      • Catherine L. says

        July 13, 2012 at 6:17 pm

        Kathy Bates!

        • Dawn says

          July 13, 2012 at 6:32 pm

          Yeah! Love her! She is awesome in whatever she plays in!

          Dawn

  11. Patty A says

    July 13, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Wow that’s crazy!

  12. Catherine L. says

    July 13, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    It is people like this that make it harder for the rest of the couponers.

  13. Alyssa says

    July 16, 2012 at 9:43 am

    Hey from Dealy Os! This makes me so mad; I’m so thankful they were caught but I wish they wouldn’t give couponers a bad name!

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