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A Chinese national living in the US has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for taking part in a scheme to import counterfeit Apple products, the Department of Justice has announced. The products, which included fake iPhones and iPads, were smuggled from China into the US. After serving time, Jianhua "Jeff" Li, 44, will also get one year of supervised release, the DOJ said Tuesday.
More than 40,000 electronic devices and accessories, as well as fake labels and packaging with Apple trademarks, were trafficked and smuggled into the US between July 2009 and February 2014.
The fake labels and phony Apple products were shipped separately to avoid detection by customs, the DOJ said.
"The devices were then shipped to conspirators all over the United States," the Justice Department said. "Proceeds were funneled back to conspirator accounts in Florida and New Jersey via structured cash deposits and then a portion was transferred to conspirators in Italy, further disguising the source of the funds.
More than $1.1 million in sales proceeds were wired from US accounts into accounts that Li controlled overseas, the agency said.
https://www.cnet.com/news/counterfeit-apple-products-land-chinese-national-3-year-prison-sentence/
Also at:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-sentenced-over-three-years-prison-trafficking-counterfeit-apple-goods-united
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/fake-apple-chinese-national-3-years-smuggling-counterfeit-goods
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 31 2019, @05:08PM (2 children)
We throw nickel-and-dime criminals into the slammers, but the bankers incurring billions/trillions? Oh well, that's different, isn't it.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by RS3 on Wednesday July 31 2019, @05:55PM
They own and run the system. Trump, congress, etc., are all just a show to keep the sheeple busy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 01 2019, @09:36AM
Too-big-to-fail baby.