Criminal Defense News: Typo Caught a Faked Death

A typographical error and font changes led prosecutors to conclude that a New York man had faked his death to avoid sentencing in two cases.

Now, Robert Berger, 25, of Huntington, New York, is facing a new charge of offering a false instrument for filing by the Nassau County, New York, district attorney.

But prosecutors noticed font changes on the document, along with a typo in the name of the New Jersey Department of Health’s Vital Statistics and Registry. The word “Registry” was misspelled as “Regsitry.”

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Can you spot the forgery? An eagle-eyed NCDA prosecutor did and stopped a defendant from using a fake death certificate to avoid being sentenced on two open cases! Congrats to ADA Brian Heid for cracking open this case. You can read more about it by checking out the link in our bio. #forgery #fakedeathcertificate

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