tangent4ronpaul
02-07-2011, 07:09 PM
This is what happens when you charge $30 for a baseball cap...
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-02-03/justice/super.bowl.counterfeiting_1_counterfeit-goods-hologram-goods-market?_s=PM:CRIME
Another Super Bowl custom: Busting flea markets full of fake gear
Counterfeiters -- agnostic toward NFL teams, antagonistic towards trademark laws -- are flooding the U.S. with fake NFL jerseys.
And in doing so they have helped create another Super Bowl tradition -- the flea market bust.
Federal agents in recent weeks have scoured T-shirt shops and Craigslist postings looking for bargain-priced NFL merchandise -- a tipoff that sports merchandise may be bogus. And they've followed up with raids, hauling away a trove of jerseys.
Since October, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies participating in "Operation Interception" have confiscated 11,696 sports-related counterfeit items nationwide, with more expected through the weekend. The value of the haul thus far: more than $1 million.
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http://articles.cnn.com/2011-02-03/justice/super.bowl.counterfeiting_1_counterfeit-goods-hologram-goods-market?_s=PM:CRIME
Another Super Bowl custom: Busting flea markets full of fake gear
Counterfeiters -- agnostic toward NFL teams, antagonistic towards trademark laws -- are flooding the U.S. with fake NFL jerseys.
And in doing so they have helped create another Super Bowl tradition -- the flea market bust.
Federal agents in recent weeks have scoured T-shirt shops and Craigslist postings looking for bargain-priced NFL merchandise -- a tipoff that sports merchandise may be bogus. And they've followed up with raids, hauling away a trove of jerseys.
Since October, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies participating in "Operation Interception" have confiscated 11,696 sports-related counterfeit items nationwide, with more expected through the weekend. The value of the haul thus far: more than $1 million.
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