The agency said Gibson confirmed the guitars that were intercepted were counterfeit. Gibson, founded in 1894 and based in ...
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They would have been worth nearly $18 million if they were genuine, making it the largest counterfeit instrument seizure in ...
Officers and Import Specialists assigned to the LA/Long Beach Seaport, in conjunction with U.S. Homeland Security ...
Over 3,000 counterfeit Gibsons – along with a handful of fake Fenders, Gretsch guitars, and PRS guitars – were seized after ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars worth nearly $19 million, had they been genuine ...
"Intellectual property theft is not a victimless crime," said HSI Los Angeles Deputy Special Agent in Charge John Pasciucco.
CBP officials said the counterfeit goods were found in shipments coming to the United States from Asia through the Los ...
Marking the largest seizure of fake musical instruments in history. US Customs Seizes Over 3,000 Counterfeit Gibson Guitars ...
LOS ANGELES (WKRC) — Authorities seized 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars, worth an estimated $18 million.
Border officials seized an expensive collection of unusual - and musical - counterfeit instruments that tried to be smuggled ...
In a release, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Los Angeles said more than 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars were seized. The total value of the seizure would have been $18,742,840 had ...