China Arrests Suspects in Fake Covid-19 Vaccine Ring
Chinese police have arrested more than 80 suspected members of a criminal group that was manufacturing and selling fake Covid-19 vaccines, including to other countries.
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Proportion of Fake Euro Notes Seized at Record Low
A record low proportion of fake euro banknotes were seized in 2020, according to European Central Bank data, with 20- and 50-euro notes most popular among counterfeiters.
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Fake US Leg Band Gets Pigeon a Reprieve in Australia
A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake.
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The Second Circuit upheld a $1.1 million award to Omega for landlord 375 Canal’s contributory infringement of the watch company’s trademarks, arising from the sale of counterfeit goods at the landlord’s property in Manhattan.
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Counterfeit Masks Sent to Frontline US Health Workers
On a day when Covid-19 cases soared, as health care supplies were scarce and an anguished doctor warned he was being sent to war without bullets, a cargo plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport, supposedly loaded with some of the first N95 medical masks to reach the United States in almost six weeks.
Read moreBaby Shark
The owner of the trademark for Baby Shark, a viral song video for young children, won a preliminary injunction against companies selling counterfeit Baby Shark products through Alibaba and AliExpress.
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US Trade Rep Puts Amazon on List of Notorious Pirates
WASHINGTON (CN) — The United States blacklisted five international Amazon locations Wednesday in a move that the Jeff Bezos-owned e-commerce
Read moreLivestock Hair Care
A cattle hair care product maker won a permanent injunction in federal court in Alabama against a local high schooler it had employed and his father and family friend. The former employee took a photo of the product’s formula and the founder of the company stumbled upon what he believed to be a counterfeiting operation. The student and other defendants are prohibited from working in the livestock hair care industry for three years.
Read moreWire Fraud
Federal prosecutors unsealed a 76-count criminal indictment against 14 people, charging them with importing more than 10,000 counterfeit iPhones and iPads from China, exchanging them for real ones at Apple stores, then shipping the real devices back to China, making $6.1 million from the scam.
Read moreOpioid Death
A 23-year-old online drug dealer was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for selling counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a La Jolla resident.
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A federal judge handed a 46-month prison sentence Thursday to Rogelio Vasquez for selling counterfeit integrated circuits he got from China, some of them to defense contractors for military use
Read moreExpensive Drug
Pharmaceutical wholesaler Global Cure Medicine LLC claims in a federal complaint that Alfa Pharma LLC, of Renton, Wash., sent it counterfeit Soliris (eculizumab), one of the most expensive drugs in the world.
Read moreCounterfeit Tech
Cisco Systems claims Zahid “Donny” Hassan Sheikh, IT Systems Online, Advanced Digital Solutions International, et al., are running a “massive” operation out of the Bay Area, selling counterfeit Cisco products, in federal court.
Read moreChinese Commerce
A shareholder class action claims that shares of Pinduoduo fell below its July IPO price of $19 (for a total of $1.6 billion) after China announced it was investigating the Chinese e-commerce company for selling counterfeit goods and violating copyright.
Read moreMajor Customs Bust Nabs 21 on Counterfeiting
Twenty-one people were arrested and set for arraignment Thursday in one of the biggest counterfeit-goods busts in the history of U.S. Customs and Immigrations Enforcement.
Read moreFive New Yorkers Snared in $73 Million Fake Air Jordans Bust
Five New Yorkers suspected of counterfeiting $73.2 million in fake Air Jordan sneakers will appear before a federal magistrate Wednesday.
Read moreLos Angeles Cracks Down On Counterfeit Drugs
Los Angeles is taking legal action against eight defendants after a multi-agency investigation found that thousands of misbranded and counterfeit medications were sold to the public.
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