Seller of Over $1 Million Worth of Counterfeit Cell Phone Parts Pleads Guilty
Hongwei Du pleaded guilty in a San Diego federal court to conspiring to traffic counterfeit goods and money laundering, said ICE in a May 12 news release (here). Du "admitted he coordinated the shipments of the Chinese-made counterfeit products in…
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a manner designed to prevent customs officers from detecting them" and faces up to 25 years in prison, said ICE. He also faces a maximum fine of $750,000 and agreed to forfeit the $1.5 million. Du sold the counterfeit Chinese cell phone parts to "supply orders from 'Flexqueen.com,' a former business housed in a Calexico residence that sold millions of dollars’ worth of counterfeit Apple and Samsung cell phone components over the Internet," the agency said.