How a fake war photojournalist fooled media organisations worldwide

CM30 · on Sept 8, 2017

The BBC also wrote about this story (as did various other sites), but I feel the Mashable one give a bit more detail none the less.

Either way, some other sources are as follows:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41174069

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/war-photograph...

https://www.wavelengthmag.com/wavelength-travel-writer-ident...

Still, it's a good warning for media publications really. Vet your sources very carefully, since there are lots of frauds and charlatans out there, some of which are pretending to be respected photographers.