Police Blotter
Police in Moscow seized more than 1.2 million bottles of counterfeit perfume and eau de toilette worth $5.7 million that apparently were imported from Poland, The Moscow Times reported today.
A Russian businesswoman who continued to use counterfeit Microsoft and Autodesk software despite law enforcement warnings that she cease doing so has been given a one year suspended sentence, according to CNews.
The Times Union reports that six men were charged with selling unauthorized Evanescence T-shirts near the Glens Falls, New York Civic Center on April 5.
Vancouver police recently seized pirated DVDS of the films The Departed, Blood Diamond, The Last King of Scotland and Charlotte's Web at a music store. Also found were 800 game titles, more than 1,000 Asian movie/music videos, six DVD burners and packaging equipment, reports 24 hours.
NY1 reports that 12 shoppers who were herded into a store's basement during a Chinatown raid last week were trapped there for hours after police raided the store, arresting the merchants on trademark counterfeiting charges and seizing hundreds of counterfeit bags, sunglasses and wallets. Three of the five arrested will be facing unlawful imprisonment charges as well trademark counterfeiting charges. The raid was part of an NYPD crackdown on piracy and counterfeiting.