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SOFIA, January 29: A Bulgarian criminal gang used a fake passport in the name of Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone to advertise its counterfeiting services to potential clients, prosecutors said Friday.
Four gang members were charged with counterfeiting-related crimes and two other men charged with other crimes, prosecutors said in a statement.
The passport in Stallone’s name, which gives actor “Rocky” Bulgarian nationality, was found during a search of one of the gang members’ homes in the central city of Plovdiv.
Prosecutors believe that “it was shown to clients as an example of the high quality of its workmanship” in forged documents.
The search was part of a police operation carried out earlier this week in various Bulgarian regions with the participation of agents of the United States Secret Service and with the assistance of Europol.
Apart from the Stallone passport and other false Bulgarian identity documents and driver’s licenses, thousands of high-quality counterfeit 100 euro and 50 dollar bills were seized. AFP
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