counterfeit
Wire 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.
Read moreBogus Goods
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.
Read moreDistributor Faces Charges of Selling Counterfeit Computer Parts
An California electronics broker was arrested at his home Tuesday on federal charges of selling counterfeit computer parts and wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Read moreAppeals Court Invokes Shakespeare in $18 Million Wine Fraud
Quoting from “Othello,” then rather painfully imitating it, a California appeals court affirmed judgment Wednesday for an insurer that refused to cover a wine collector’s purchase of millions of dollars of counterfeit wine from a “villainous wine collector.”
Read morePatriots, Eagles Team Up Against Super Bowl Counterfeiters
The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles joined forces ahead of this year’s Super Bowl, asking a Minnesota judge to grant local police the power to seize counterfeit merchandise and tickets.
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