A South Lake Tahoe man accused of trying to pass counterfeit ... Paul James Kempel, 25, pleaded guilty to one felony charge of passing a bogus bill. His sentencing will be sometime in July.

It appears we have something of a problem. It’s not really a new problem, and shouldn’t be too surprising, but it did pop up again this week: bogus CVEs. Starting out in the security field?

The scam is being investigated by South Lake Tahoe Police Officer Aaron Crawford. The so-called “winner” of the bogus scam is instructed to deposit a bogus check, with an instruction to ...