Part of the counterfeit Apple product haul [Florence County Sheriff’s Office]
A traffic stop in Pee Dee, South Carolina resulted in police seizing a haul of counterfeit Apple items valued at about $30,000.
Umberto Cardinale, the driver of the vehicle, was arrested and charged with the transportation and distribution of counterfeit goods valued at between $10,000 and $50,000.
As a felony, Cardinale faces up to five years of imprisonment, a fine of up to $20,000, or both.
In March, Northern Ireland police seized over 20,000 counterfeit devices in two raids in Belfast, hauling in goods valued at $750,000. Meanwhile in June, five men were indicted in a counterfeit ring that stole $12.3 million in Apple products by “returning” counterfeits to California Apple Store locations.
