Signed, sealed and broken.
Nearly 162,000 forged American ‘forever’ stamps sent from China were recently seized in a Chicago -mail facility by American Border Patrouille agents, the authorities said.
Anti-terrorism smuggling true agents posted in the Chicago International Mail Branch Last weekend, eight shipments with 161,860 fraudulent stamps have intercepted that trademark laws, We believe that customs and border protection.
If it really, the stamps would be worth more than $ 118,000.
The federal agency, which inspects routine packages on upcoming and departing international flights, said that the shipping costs were torn away after agents had seen his poor quality, low invoice value, routing and the “extraordinary” effort to hide the plot.
“Falseors only give to make a profit. They do not care about the effect that fake bed on your ability to send important e-mail and the general consequences for the American economy, ”said Lafonda D. Sutton-burke, director of Field Operations-Chicago, in a statement.
“Our officers and specialists are among the most trained in the nation, and their level of expertise is clear in these attacks. CBP officers were able to identify these highly realistic fakes and to prevent them from reaching their destinations. “
Because counterfeit became increasingly advanced – with most consumers who cannot detect any difference – officials said there has been an increase in fake stamps around holidays with a high volume, such as Valentine’s Day.
Authentic stamps are produced at the US Bureau of Gravure & Printing in the US.
