Crime Time: Counterfeit Merchandise Keeping track of law and disorder in North Texas and beyond. http://blogs.star-telegram.com/crime_time/counterfeit-merchandise/
Counterfeit Merchandise | Openair Market Network “It was the owners’ unwillingness to comply with repeated attempts to get counterfeiting activity out of the buildings that made us decide to go against them in this http://www.openair.org/node/404
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Ksl.com - Local News With the big rivalry game between the Utes and Cougars coming up, officials from both schools will put pressure on counterfeit merchandise. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2190127
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Topics :: Counterfeit Merchandise TBO.com News a comprehensive news and information site from Tampa Bay Online, including breaking news coverage and video from the newsrooms of WFLA Newschannel 8, The Tampa http://www2.tbo.com/topic/k/counterfeit-merchandise/
Extractions: /* START MG WIREFRAME BASE CSS */ @import url("http://css.tbo.com/master/base.css"); /* END MG WIREFRAME BASE CSS */ /* START DUKECMS EXTRASTYLE BLOCK */ /* END DUKECMS EXTRASTYLE BLOCK */ /* START PROPERTY LEVEL CSS */ @import url("http://media2.tbo.com/media/css/master/property_tbo_cs.css"); /* END PROPERTY LEVEL CSS */ /* START DUKECMS CONFIG CSS */ @import url("http://css.tbo.com/topics/topics.css"); /* END DUKECMS CONFIG CSS */ Welcome to TBO.com. Skip directly to: our Keyword Search Section Navigation Content Make TBO Your Home Page ... Member Center counterfeit merchandise ADVERTISEMENT (AP) — Taylor Swift has won a court fight against 16 individuals she claimed violated trademark by selling counterfeit merchandise bearing her name and picture. ...more October 6, 2010 Police arrested a South Carolina man on Monday, accusing him of selling unauthorized NFL merchandise at Raymond James Stadium. Travis Collins, 27, was released from a Hillsborough County jail this morning on $2,000 bail. He is charged with felony vending of counterfeit goods, records show. ...more February 3, 2009
Counterfeit Merchandise - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Five men from New York City en route to the Super Bowl victory parade in Pittsburgh were arrested Tuesday in possession of counterfeit Steelers merchandise. http://pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_610186.html
Extractions: Member Center Become a Member Home Delivery E-Newsletters ... RSS TribLIVE.com Web Search by YAHOO! Classifieds Autos Homes Jobs ... Obituaries pittsburgh_tribu:http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_610186.html Larger text Smaller text Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Ways to get us Be a Facebook fan On your mobile Five men from New York City en route to the Super Bowl victory parade in Pittsburgh were arrested Tuesday in possession of counterfeit Steelers merchandise. They were charged with trademark counterfeiting after state police found more than 300 hats and 300 T-shirts inside their vehicle, which was stopped for speeding. Police said the men were traveling in a 2006 Dodge Charger on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Mt. Pleasant Township shortly after 7 a.m. when the vehicle passed an unmarked patrol car at an estimated speed of 85 mph. After the vehicle was pulled over, state police Sgt. Anthony DeLuca noticed the Steelers merchandise inside the car, and the men told police they were headed to the parade Downtown to sell the goods. Arrested were: Leon Shears, Jamie Barzey and Anwar Smith, all 25; William Primus, 26; and Nathaniel Bowman, 21, all from the Bronx.
Getting Real About Fake Designer Handbags Counterfeit merchandise is nothing new. If something gets hot, and expensive, cheaper copycat versions are likely to follow. http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/scams/20040929a1.asp
Extractions: By Alex Barbieri Counterfeit merchandise is nothing new. If something gets hot, and expensive, cheaper copycat versions are likely to follow. But these days, the desire for designer handbags, shoes and jewelry and the demand for their counterfeit counterparts has reached new heights. Is there any harm in saving money by buying a knock-off wallet or watch? The companies and organizations fighting it think so. They say buyers are unwittingly underwriting organized crime, not to mention compromising the sanctity of intellectual property. Still, imitations are selling, and at a fraction of the cost of the originals. Can consumers be blamed for this mass flocking to fakes? One woman, who wished to remain anonymous, justified the purchase of knockoff designer items by saying, "Who can afford $2,000 for a Rolex watch, or $500 for a Louis Vuitton purse? If the companies didn't charge so much, people wouldn't have to buy fakes." Her stylish friend added, "People want to be like their favorite celebrities. Carrying a Louis purse or wearing a Tiffany necklace is a status symbol ... as long as no one else knows it isn't real."
Avoiding Counterfeit Products Information on illegal counterfeit and replica products OVERVIEW OF COUNTERFEIT PRODUCT REPLICA PROBLEMS Perhaps most troubling is the widespread threat http://www.lpconline.com/avoiding_counterfeit_goods.html
Extractions: Losses to U.S. business from the counterfeiting of trademarked consumer products is estimated at $200 billion a year according to the Department of Commerce. Often the consumer thinks of pirate computer software, fake Rolex watches, replica Oakley sunglasses and the like as the primary counterfeit goods being offered to the consumer. This is not the case. Common Counterfeit Products:
Counterfeit Merchandise I went with my father a couple weeks ago to a flea market (dont ask why) . I noticed a lot of fake coach, LV, Chanel handbags plus, there is a similar thread in the Indiana http://forums.officer.com/showthread.php?142372-Counterfeit-merchandise
Friends Of Ours: Counterfeit Merchandise From Crime Corruption To Politics Culture Tonight at 9 pm CNBC premiers Crime Inc Counterfeit Goods Fake handbags, watches, shoes and perfumes. http://bitterqueen.typepad.com/friends_of_ours/counterfeit-merchandise/
Extractions: Counterfeit Merchandise Tonight at 9 pm CNBC premiers " ": "Fake handbags, watches, shoes and perfumes. The business of Counterfeit Goods is the largest underground industry in the world. Hundreds of billions of dollars are generated while sapping the economy, putting lives in jeopardy, and funding organized crime in the process." Posted at 04:39 PM in CNBC Counterfeit Merchandise Crime Inc: Counterfeit Goods Permalink ... Save to del.icio.us In Italy the Guardia di Finanza has "said it had smashed two money-laundering networks which, since 2006, had smuggled back to China some €2.7bn largely amassed by a burgeoning counterfeit fashion industry run by Chinese criminals based in Tuscany" as reported by John Hooper for the Guardian With the Italian Mafia dominating southern Italy, "investigators said it was is natural that Chinese criminal gangs chose to move in to exploit niche markets in the central and northern cities hosting rapidly growing Chinese populations" as reported by the Telegraph The Chinese crime ring was run by the Cai family from the central province of Hubei . . . the [police] statement said. * * * The organisation also facilitated the illegal immigration of Chinese nationals who were forced into prostitution or given work in the textile industry. The clandestine migrants, who had paid 13,000 euros, were kept in "inhuman" living and working conditions, with "vexations, beatings, and death threats for those who did not paid off their debt with the organisation."
Extractions: @import "pr.css"; Houston Importer Convicted of Trafficking in Counterfeit Merchandise (July 20, 2004) July 20, 2004 Department Of Justice Southern District of Texas United States Attorney Michael T. Shelby John Yembrick Public Affairs Specialist Houston Importer Convicted of Trafficking in Counterfeit Merchandise Contact AUSA: Michael B. Kusin Phone: 713-567-9389 (HOUSTON, TX) United States Attorney Michael Shelby announced today Zheng Xiao Yi, 34, a Chinese national, was convicted by a jury's verdict of six counts of trafficking in counterfeit merchandise. Each count of conviction carries a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a $2 million fine. Zheng, who has been held in federal custody without bond, will remain in federal custody pending his sentencing scheduled for October 18, 2004. Indicted in January 2004, Zheng, the owner of XYZ Trading Corp., located at 7018 Harwin Drive, Houston, Texas, was charged with trafficking and attempting to traffic in merchandise imported from China carrying counterfeit trademarks. The counterfeit trademarks were alleged to be identical with or substantially indistinguishable from genuine trademarks registered to The Gillette Company, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Marvel Enterprises, Inc., and Nike Inc., including Duracell batteries and flashlights, Spider-Man figures, extension cords and power- strips and Nike slippers. The jury's verdict, which was returned late yesterday afternoon, brought to an end a four day trial during which the United States presented its evidence proving that Zheng, a Harwin Drive importer and wholesaler, trafficked in counterfeit goods imported from China between August 2003 and November 2003.
Severe Penalties For Selling Counterfeit Items - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh have charged 11 people, including Diallo, with dealing in counterfeit merchandise in the past three years. Counterfeit goods which imitate http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/rss/s_499590.html
Extractions: He abandoned West Africa for a better life in America, trying his hand as an ice cream man in Maryland before moving to Pittsburgh and opening a small Downtown clothing shop. Boubacar Diallo at first sold no-name gear, and then expanded into bootleg designer handbags, compact discs and DVDs. He said he had no idea hawking obvious knock-offs rose to the level of breaking federal law. "I saw them selling this stuff everywhere, so I didn't think it was a problem," said Diallo, 33, a native of Guinea who lives in Pittsburgh's West End. "I'm not a bad man." Diallo was sentenced in January to 18 months in prison after the FBI seized 5,300 DVDs, 2,500 CDs and 465 purses, all of them illegal copies, from his Fifth Avenue shop, which is still open.
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Extractions: Why should anyone report counterfeiting or piracy? The general public unfortunately does not seem to truly understand the effects that counterfeiting and piracy have on the world economy and how it affects the daily lives of tens of thousands of everyday people living in our communities. Hard core criminals have turned to selling counterfeit merchandise because the penalties are much lighter than those for such traditional crimes such as drug dealing and robbery. The profits from the sales of counterfeit merchandise are higher than the profits that can be made from dealing drugs or other traditional crimes. Due to this, there has been a huge increase in known gang members becoming involved in the sales of counterfeit and pirated merchandise. This has become common place on the streets of Los Angeles. It is not only local street gangs that are involved in counterfeiting and piracy. The larger criminal and terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, The Crips,18th Street Gang, MS 13 and the Triads have also been known to sell and distribute counterfeit merchandise to raise funds for their causes.
Extractions: August 4, 2010 Thousands in Counterfeit Merchandise Seized Police determined that this merchandise was manufactured and shipped from China. Specialists working for Blazer Investigations verified that the merchandise was crafted using sub-standard materials and was in fact counterfeit. The items were manufactured and shipped without identifying labels. Once inside the United States, labels, tags and other recognizable emblems were affixed to the goods prior to sale. The sale of counterfeit merchandise is a violation of state and federal law.
Counterfeit Merchandise Raid Press Release August 5, 2005 - Deputies Raid Whitehaven Mall and Seize Counterfeit Merchandise http://www.shelby-sheriff.org/press_releases/southbrookraid.asp
Extractions: @import url(../css/scso_handheld.css) handheld; Home Press Releases Release Date: August 5, 2005 Deputies raided the Hip Hop and AHBS clothing stores just after 3:00 p.m. yesterday. Assisting in the investigation were officers with the Metro Gang Unit, Agents with the United States Customs Service, the Tennessee Department of Revenue and investigators with Haney and Associates, a firm used by designer merchandise companies to investigate counterfeit complaints. Bogus top-of-the-line brand purses, belts, shoes and watches were being sold as designer labels such as Gucci and Prada. At the AHBS clothing store, Deputies also found 34 fake Rolex watches on sale. In all, almost 3,000 items worth one million dollars were seized. Investigators also found 225 bogus product labels that were used to tag the counterfeit items making them to appear to be the name brand. Deputies arrested clerks at both of the establishments. Aziz Kane, 40, was working at the Hip Hop store. Moussa Sarr, 35, was taken into custody at the AHBS store. They face a felony charge of Criminal Simulation over $60,000. Aziz Kane Boubacar Ba Claude Jackson Moussa Sarr Deputies also arrested the owners of both stores. The owners were not at the stores during the time of the raid. However, Deputies caught up with them this morning while they were making court appearances for similar charges they allegedly committed a year ago.
Counterfeit Merchandise Found - WREG Sheriff warns consumers to beware FAST FACTS Deputy finds fake goods being sold; Fake goods show telltale signs http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-fake-stuff-panola,0,4020697.story?track=rss
