Danie
03-13-2009, 02:56 PM
I went thru Navy A school with this guy... I got stationed at the same base with this guy, he worked with Evan, and got out of the Navy in 2003, and this is his future... stupid people, as kind as they might be...
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_021909WAB-counterfeit-goods-plea-SW.2fd612a9.html
SEATTLE - A former Oak Harbor man pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit exercise equipment and housewares worth more than $2 million.
Counterfeit Bowflex exercise equipment, Magic Bullet blenders, DVDs and North Face backpacks were found at an operation run by 28-year-old Brian Pollee, who was selling fake goods on eBay under the name ZMP Enterprises.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shut down the operation.
The feds say for three years, Polee imported the knockoffs from China and sold them on eBay to unsuspecting customers, raking in more than $2.1 million.
“Counterfeiting affects almost any successful brand in the world, from clothing to jewelry to exercise equipment, any successful brand is the target of a counterfeiter. Anything they can sell to make money,” said Dep. Special Agent In Charge Brad Bench.
Polee's enterprise began unraveling last April when federal agents intercepted more than $750,000 worth of counterfeit goods at the Port of Tacoma.
“In this case we seized over 70 containers of counterfeit goods we estimate the value to be over $4 million,” said Bench.
Bench says counterfeiting exposes consumers to poor quality goods or toxic chemicals like lead paint.
“Consumers can protect themselves by buying from authorized dealers and then if a deal is too good to be true, it probably is,” he said.
In addition to prison time, Polee will have to forfeit a 2003 Cadillac, a 2000 Jaguar and $30,000.
Illegal use of trademarks is a violation of intellectual property rights law.
Counterfeiting costs U.S. industries $250 billion and 750,000 jobs each year.
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_021909WAB-counterfeit-goods-plea-SW.2fd612a9.html
SEATTLE - A former Oak Harbor man pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit exercise equipment and housewares worth more than $2 million.
Counterfeit Bowflex exercise equipment, Magic Bullet blenders, DVDs and North Face backpacks were found at an operation run by 28-year-old Brian Pollee, who was selling fake goods on eBay under the name ZMP Enterprises.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shut down the operation.
The feds say for three years, Polee imported the knockoffs from China and sold them on eBay to unsuspecting customers, raking in more than $2.1 million.
“Counterfeiting affects almost any successful brand in the world, from clothing to jewelry to exercise equipment, any successful brand is the target of a counterfeiter. Anything they can sell to make money,” said Dep. Special Agent In Charge Brad Bench.
Polee's enterprise began unraveling last April when federal agents intercepted more than $750,000 worth of counterfeit goods at the Port of Tacoma.
“In this case we seized over 70 containers of counterfeit goods we estimate the value to be over $4 million,” said Bench.
Bench says counterfeiting exposes consumers to poor quality goods or toxic chemicals like lead paint.
“Consumers can protect themselves by buying from authorized dealers and then if a deal is too good to be true, it probably is,” he said.
In addition to prison time, Polee will have to forfeit a 2003 Cadillac, a 2000 Jaguar and $30,000.
Illegal use of trademarks is a violation of intellectual property rights law.
Counterfeiting costs U.S. industries $250 billion and 750,000 jobs each year.