Counterfeit Toy Ring Members Plead Guilty
Two members of a group charged with importing and selling counterfeit toys from China pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, said the Justice Department in a press release. Chenglan Hu and Hua Fei Zhang were the last of nine defendants to…
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plead guilty to charges relating to "importing children’s toys with copyright-infringing images and counterfeit trademarks of popular children’s characters, as well as unsafe lead levels, small parts that presented risks of choking or ingestion, easily-accessible battery compartments, and other potential hazards," said the DOJ. Hu and Zhang, who also agreed to forfeit $700,000 and more than 120,000 toys, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein of the Eastern District of New York. Sentencing will be announced at a later date, the agency said.