A Chinese national was sentenced to just over two years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $2 million on Feb. 1, after being found guilty of defrauding Apple out of more than $1 million. A joint announcement by the U.S Attorney’s Office, Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service, said that Wu…

China is infamous for its rampant “copycat” culture. Counterfeit and knockoff products continue to dominate China’s domestic markets despite the ongoing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. Being fed up with losses, several South Korean food producers have recently joined forces to address the growing distribution of counterfeit products in China. According to Korea Bizwire,…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Oct. 21 released further details about a $31.8 million counterfeit coupon scheme that resulted in a Virginia couple receiving a combined prison sentence of nearly 20 years. In September, Lori Ann Talens, 41, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while her husband Pacifico Talens, Jr., 43, was sentenced to seven years behind bars one…

A federal judge has indicted a Chinese national in Los Angeles for allegedly participating in a scheme to manufacture and sell $9.5 million worth of Chinese counterfeit laptop computer batteries and other electronics, the Department of Justice announced on Oct. 4. United States District Judge John F. Walter sentenced 30-year-old Cai Zhoulin, also known as Allen…

Chinese officials are forcing people to get vaccinated, even though Beijing says it’s not required. Residents who don’t want to get the shot may face retaliation from officials. A video shows a group of authorities forcing a farmer away from his field to get the vaccine. Heavy rains strike in Henan Province. The downpour led…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last month seized over 39,000 fake designer products from China at a port in Los Angeles. The fake designer goods arrived in two cargo shipments, with the first intercepted on July 19 and a second one on July 30 at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port. The counterfeit products included…

U.S. border officers in Chicago seized “very realistic” fake law enforcement badges arriving from China in the past week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in an Aug. 17 press release. The federal agency seized a total of nine counterfeit badges on Aug. 13 and 15, including one Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) badge and…

U.S. border officers in Chicago seized “very realistic” fake law enforcement badges arriving from China in the past week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Aug. 17. The agency seized a total of nine counterfeit badges in several parcels on Aug. 13 and 15, including one FBI badge and eight Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…

A man in San Gabriel Valley, California, pleaded guilty to being involved in a multi-million-dollar scheme to ship counterfeit laptop batteries and other electronics from China to the United States, where they were sold on online marketplaces. The 29-year-old Chinese national, Zoulin Cai, who went by the name Allen Cai, pleaded guilty to one count…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized 30,000 counterfeit Chinese-made necklaces that claimed to protect wearers from COVID-19. The agents described the necklaces as similar to lanyards with a blue parcel on them. The packets are filled with chlorine dioxide said to “create an anti-bacterial cloud” that keeps the virus away. Despite what the…