VA Store Owner Arrested for Selling Counterfeit Apparel & Shoes
On September 21, 2011, the Justice Department announced that the owner of two Petersburg, Virginia retail stores, Belal Amin Alsaidi, was arrested on charges related to his alleged sale of counterfeit goods. According to the indictment, between May 2007 and…
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April 2009, Alsaidi allegedly purchased apparel and shoes that he knew were counterfeit from an individual in New York and then sold this merchandise at his two stores. He allegedly sold goods bearing fake trademarks for companies such as Nike, NFL, Lacoste, True Religion and Coogi.