20 US companies charged of selling fake Cisco products worth $1 billion

Gadgets Now Bureau11 Jul, 2022, 08:39AM IST

A Miami-based CEO has been arrested for allegedly importing $1 billion worth of counterfeit Cisco equipment from China and Hong Kong. The US Justice Department has indicted 38-year-old Onur 'Ron' Aksoy for selling counterfeit Cisco products. According to the indictment, Aksoy allegedly ran at least 19 companies formed in New Jersey and Florida as well as at least 15 Amazon storefronts, at least 10 eBay storefronts, and multiple other entities (collectively, the "Pro Network Entities") that imported tens of thousands of fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking devices from China and Hong Kong and resold them to customers in the United States and other countries falsely representing the products as new and genuine. It further says that the devices imported were typically older, lower-model products, some of which had been sold or discarded, which Chinese counterfeiters then modified to appear to be genuine versions of new, enhanced, and more expensive Cisco devices. As alleged, the Chinese counterfeiters often added pirated Cisco software and unauthorised, low-quality, or unreliable components -- including components to circumvent technological measures added by Cisco to the software to check for software licence compliance and to authenticate the hardware. Finally, to make the devices appear new, genuine, high-quality, and factory-sealed by Cisco, the Chinese counterfeiters allegedly added counterfeited Cisco labels, stickers, boxes, documentation, packaging, and other materials. Here are the names of these companies.

120

​Pro Network Companies

220

​Pro Network LLC

320

​Netech Solutions LLC

420

​Target Network Solutions LLC

520

​Easy Network LLC

620

​ACE NETUS LLC (aka Ace Network)

720

​My Network Dealer LLC

820

​1701 Doral LLC

920

​Maytech Trading LLC

1020

​NFD Trading LLC

1120

Kenet Solutions LLC

1220

​Team Tech Global LLC

1320

​Tenek Trading LLC

1420

​The Network Gears LLC

1520

​All Networking Solutions LLC

1620

​San Network LLC

1720

​Pro Network US Inc

1820

​Jms Tek LLC

1920

​Renewed Equipment LLC

2020

​Pro Ship US LLC

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