Category: counterfeit

Border Officers Seize 30,000 ‘Made-in-China’ Necklaces Claiming to Provide Protection From COVID-19

May 29, 2021
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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…

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China’s Profiteering From Fake Money and Other Products Must End

April 21, 2021
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Commentary Despite assurances that it would crackdown on counterfeit goods and intellectual property flowing from its country, communist China continues to reap billions from the sale of fake merchandise and it’s now affecting an area of the U.S. economy that many would not suspect. Multiple studies have shown that little appears to significantly stem the…

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Border Officials Seize Over 170,000 Counterfeit Masks From China

April 16, 2021
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The Customs and Border Protection stopped a shipment of over 170,000 counterfeit N95 masks from China with an estimated retail price of almost $350,000, the agency announced on Thursday. CBP officers working at the Houston Seaport on April 7 intercepted the shipment, which were headed to White Plains in New York state, according to a release….

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Federal Agents Seize About 11 Million Counterfeit N95 Masks

February 18, 2021
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Federal agents have seized about 11 million fake N95 masks as part of ongoing investigations and efforts to prevent counterfeit masks from being sold to hospitals and first responders. The seizures took place over the course of a few weeks in operations across five states, with hundreds of thousands of masks seized from an east…

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