counterfeit cisco

Canadian bust of fake Cisco gear is part of a larger $76M seizure of counterfeit Cisco goods

Cisco Subnet — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:32:30 -0500

Thursday's news of a charge placed by Canadian authorities on two individuals and Network IT, accused of attempting to shift $2 million in counterfeit Cisco goods is part of a larger operation that netted $76 million in fake Cisco gear. An international taskforce made up of the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US Customs and Border Protection, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said it had seized 400 fake Cisco hardware that was being trafficked between the United States, Canada and China.

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Brothers up in court for scamming government agencies with fake Cisco gear

Cisco Subnet — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:29:17 -0500

Two brothers in Richmond, Texas are due in court Friday accused of scamming several government agencies with fake Cisco parts, according to a story in Click2Houston.com (via ChannelRegister). Michael Edman and Robert Edman were charged Dec. 24 with conspiracy and trafficking in counterfeit goods.

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Counterfeit Cisco Offered in Broad Daylight

Corey Donovan — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:30:54 -0400

When I first entered the Cisco industry and was warned to beware of counterfeiters, I couldn't help but imagine being pulled into a dark alley and offered a shopping list of gear at prices more shocking than the bulk rates found in Oriental Trading.

After several years of experience, I've found the alleys aren't really that dark at all. They're actually well lit (by LCD) in the form of IMs and email messages. The prices are just as shocking as I expected. Of course that is always a red flag from an unknown source.

Below is an actual IM correspondence between a counterfeiter attempting to sell fake Cisco to one of our wholesale reps, Kevin Smith. Only the names and AIM monikers have been edited.

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[11:03] Counterfeiter: Hi, Nice to meet you here. This is XXXXX from XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX Technology (H.K.) Co., Ltd.,. China. We specialize in network hardware, CISCO HP INTEL 3COM

[11:03] Kevin: good to meet you

[11:04] Kevin: are you looking for anything today either on the buy or the sell?

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