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DA: Typo gives away man who faked death to avoid prison
A closeup of a section of a fraudulent death certificate with a typo indicted by the red loop. (Via NCDA) NEW YORK (AP) - A Long Island criminal defendant tried faking his death to avoid sentencing, but the phony death certificate his lawyer submitted had a glaring spelling error that made it a dead giveaway for a fraud, prosecutors said Tuesday.Robert Berger, 25, of Huntington, New York, now faces up to four years in prison if convicted in the alleged scheme.