TAMPA — A Bradenton businessman made more than $1.1 million while smuggling thousands of knockoff Viagra and Cialis pills into the Tampa Bay area from China, federal authorities charge. Now the romance is over, and instead of a beachside bathtub, he’s facing possible prison time. Robert Ernest Lohr, 72, isn’t a pharmacist, and his Bradenton […]
THE HEALTH PRODUCTS Regulatory Authority (HPRA) has warned people about the dangers of buying counterfeit make-up. The organisation has identified harmful substances in a number of counterfeit cosmetics intended for the Irish market. It has called for consumers to be vigilant of counterfeit high-end beauty products being offered for sale through certain outlets, markets and […]
SINGAPORE — Three men were arrested last Friday (Dec 4) for their suspected involvement in importing counterfeit electronic goods, said the police and Singapore Customs in a press release today. The trio, aged between 27 and 40, were arrested during a raid on a storage premise at Serangoon North Avenue 4, where more than 243,000 […]
The Bank of China will face a daily fine in the US unless it complies with a court request to give details of customers accused of selling fake goods. The bank was held in contempt of court in Manhattan last week for refusing to turn over the records. The state-owned lender is appealing the civil […]
Over 37 thousand websites have been seized by law enforcement as part of an ongoing battle against counterfeit goods trade, IP theft and piracy. Officials from Europol, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)’s Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center led police agents in a joint operation designed to take down […]
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