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Jianhua iPhone smuggler "Jeff" Li was sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of smuggling 40,000 iPhones into the United States from China.
Contraband iPhones
Between July 2009 and February 2014, Mr. Li smuggled 40,000 iPhones into the United States. He used fake labels and packaging to prevent detection by US Customs. He has drawn more than US $ 1.1 million from this program, which he has transferred to foreign accounts.
Jianhua "Jeff" Li, 44, has already pleaded guilty to Judge Kevin McNulty, of the District of New Jersey, United States, under a charge of conspiracy to traffic in goods and labels. counterfeiting and smuggling goods into the United States and a counterfeit goods traffic leader. McNulty J. imposed the sentence today in Newark Federal Court.
Other conspirators pleaded guilty to their role in the scheme. Rosario LaMarca was sentenced to 37 months in prison, Andreina Becerra to three years of probation and Roberto Volpe to 22 months in prison.
Further reading:
[[[[Engineer Yi-Chi Shih risks jail for smuggling US military chips into China] [[[[Apple finds workers trying to smuggle iPhone components through a tunnel]Source link
