Cellphone Case Importers Charged with Illegal Trafficking
Chinese citizens Zexiong Chen and Hoatian Chen were charged with allegedly importing and reselling counterfeit cellphone cases, said ICE in a Sept. 4 press release. The two, who are unrelated and live in Massachusetts, are said to have "imported counterfeit…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
cellphone cases from China, sold a small percentage of them through their Wakefield, Massachusetts store, and sold the vast majority of them to individuals and companies who in turn resold them at retail locations," said ICE. CBP seized about 10,000 cases in 2012 and 2013 imported by the defendants with phony trademarks, said ICE. Had the cases been real they would be worth about $350,000, the agency said.