Missouri Woman Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Selling Imported Counterfeit Cellphone Components
A Missouri woman was sentenced to two years in prison by a Western Missouri U.S. District Court judge on Jan. 19 for selling more than $90 million worth of counterfeit cellphone components that had been imported from China, ICE said…
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in a press release (here). Sherrie Householder, 59, of Nixa, Missouri, had pleaded guilty on May 26, 2016, to mail fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, it said. From 2012 through 2016, Householder managed the U.S. operations of Flash Technology, selling counterfeit cellphone replacement screens, batteries, cases and internal circuitry but representing they were made by Apple, Samsung, LG, Microsoft and other electronics manufacturers. Wang Luo, a Chinese citizen, shipped the counterfeit components to Householder from China. After numerous seizures of shipments by CBP, Householder continued selling the cellphone components despite knowing they were counterfeit. The court also ordered Householder to forfeit $556,938 seized from her accounts and pay a money judgment of nearly $9 million, ICE said.