Inside ICE: Volume 3, Issue 1

Miami ICE Nabs Five In Counterfeit Goods Scheme

MIAMI—An ICE-led investigation in Miami has led to the indictment of five persons for conspiracy and the importation and sale of truckloads of counterfeit goods.

Lizhou Shao, Changbiao Fu, Li Fen Fu, Ji Wu Chen and Meihua Li were arrested by ICE agents and charged in multiple indictments with conspiring to traffic in counterfeit goods, trafficking in counterfeit goods and concealing and selling imported counterfeit goods. The defendants were arraigned before a U.S. Magistrate in Miami on Dec. 29, 2005.

The indictments allege that the five persons arrested illegally imported and sold electrical cords, batteries, handbags, wallets, suitcases, shoes, hats, sunglasses, watches, key holders, umbrellas and different items of clothing and accessories bearing various counterfeit trademarks, including Underwriters Laboratories, Rolex, Disney, Nike, Major League Baseball, Oakley and others.

The charges say the five men imported the counterfeit goods from China and then sold the counterfeit products directly from warehouses and at a Florida flea market.

On Dec. 13, 2005, ICE agents and officers from the Miami-Dade Police Department arrested the defendants and conducted searches of their homes, warehouses and flea market booths. The agents seized counterfeit items that filled several tractor-trailers with not only counterfeit clothing and clothing accessories but also untested and hazardous electrical cords and batteries. In addition, illegal toy Glock pistols were seized from two of the defendants.

“ICE is committed to working with its federal, state and local partners to protect the American consumer from inferior and unsafe products, and to ensure that the interests of legitimate trademark holders are addressed,” said Jesus Torres, special agent-in-charge of ICE Investigations in Miami.

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