Over 3,000 counterfeit Gibsons – along with a handful of fake Fenders, Gretsch guitars, and PRS guitars – were seized after ...
"Intellectual property theft is not a victimless crime," said HSI Los Angeles Deputy Special Agent in Charge John Pasciucco.
In the largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers ...
As we approach the busy Holiday shopping season, consumers should pay attention to where they are buying these goods and how ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Tuesday that $18 million in fake Gibson guitars were seized in California, ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars worth nearly $19 million, had they been genuine ...
If the musical instruments were genuine, law enforcement and company officials said the guitars, which arrived via ocean ...
Border officials seized an expensive collection of unusual - and musical - counterfeit instruments that tried to be smuggled ...
Officers and Import Specialists assigned to the LA/Long Beach Seaport, in conjunction with U.S. Homeland Security ...
Thousands of counterfeit Gibson electric guitars were seized at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport, according to U.S. Customs ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and import specialists, in conjunction with U.S. Homeland Security ...
according to CBP. Gibson confirmed the guitars were counterfeit because its instruments are only made in the US. If the fake Gibsons were sold as genuine guitars, they could have gone for as much ...