CBP Stops Shipment of $1.1 Million in Counterfeit Cell Phone Accessories From China

CBP seized counterfeit mobile phone accessories on March 14 at the Charleston, South Carolina, seaport in a shipment that would be worth about $1.1 million if real, the agency said April 11 (here). The merchandise, which included phone cases, chargers, cables and headphones, "arrived into the port from China and was destined for upstate South Carolina." Some 38,000 counterfeit power adapters with the Federal Communications Commission mark, "signifying they’d been tested in an accredited FCC laboratory and met certain operating standards," also were seized, CBP said. "These were found to be unauthorized markings as well -- a potentially significant safety risk to unwitting consumers."