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. According to court documents, between April 2017 and May 2020, Lori Ann Talens operated a complex scheme using social media sites and apps such as Facebook and Telegram to find groups of coupon enthusiasts and sell them counterfeit coupons. Operating under the name “MasterChef,” she used a computer to design and produce a variety of counterfeit coupons from her home in Virginia Beach. The …