Coupon counterfeiter “Purple Lotus” sentenced to prison

Last year, I shared the story of “Purple Lotus,” a man who ran a massive coupon counterfeiting scheme on the Dark Web. Today, the man behind the Purple Lotus moniker, Beau Wattigny, was sentenced to 41 months in jail and ordered to pay $74,855 in restitution, the amount he earned selling counterfeit free-product and high-value fake coupons.