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Itumeleng English/AP Thamsanqa Jantjie, a father of four, is accused of being a fake sign language interpreter after, experts say, his gestures during the Nelson Mandela memorial service were meaningless.  The “fake” sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service who blamed a poor performance on visions of angels said he trained for two years at a U.K. university. But ...

AP Actress and noted advocate for the hearing impaired Marlee Matlin slammed the fraudulent sign language interpretation done by Thamsanqa Jantjie during the Nelson Mandela memorial service earlier this week. Add Oscar Marlee Matlin to the list of deaf people “appalled” at the fraud committed by the sign language interpreter who worked at the Nelson Mandela memorial Tuesday. “I’ve been to ...

Matt Dunham/AP South Africa’s deaf federation said this interpreter (seen here with President Obama after his speech at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela) was a fake. He has reportedly been identified as Thami Jantjie. A fake sign language interpreter who flapped his hands throughout Nelson Mandela’s memorial service will be hearing from authorities soon. The ...

Painting that was passed off as Mark Rothko artwork. SOMETIMES you don’t get what you paid for. A Malibu, Calif., art collecting-couple slapped a shuttered Manhattan gallery and its former president with a multimillion-dollar racketeering lawsuit Wednesday, claiming they were duped in a massive art fraud. Martin and Sharleen Cohen said they were swindled into buying a pair of fake ...

Estranged father, Kimani Johnson, raised close to $ 11,000 through a fake GiveForward fund-raising page. The company said it has returned most of the money, but was unable to reach a “handful” of donors. A Maryland dad allegedly scammed his friends and family by raising funds for his son’s heart surgery online. The problem was that his son was perfectly ...