A 43-year-old Chinese national who lived in the US has pleaded guilty to taking part in a counterfeiting operation out of China that involved selling fake iPhones and iPads to customers in the country. Li also received payments worth over $1.1 million in sales proceeds from US accounts into his bank accounts. The smuggled devices included Apple iPads and iPhones, along with labels and packaging bearing counterfeit Apple trademarks, according to the documents filed in this case. He shipped devices separately from the labels bearing counterfeit trademarks for later assembly to avoid detection by US Customs and Border Protection officials, the documents filed in the case added. The counterfeit devices were then shipped to conspirators all over the country.

Source: Hindustan Times February 03, 2018 13:52 UTC