Seller of "Brands you trust" gets 37 months, $25k fine
Federal court Judge Scott Coogler of the Northern District of Alabama sentenced Husain Abdul Alim on Nov. 9 to 37 months in prison for trafficking in goods bearing counterfeit trademarks. Earlier this year, ICE seized over 3,000 counterfeit items with a retail value of over $600,000 from Alim's store in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, including sports jerseys, shoes, sunglasses, and handbags bearing counterfeit trademarks owned by companies including Mitchell & Ness, Nike, Louis Vuitton, Lacoste and Burberry. In an ironic twist, a sign in Alim's store advertised that it sold "brands you trust." In addition to the prison sentence, Alim was fined $25,000. Click here for more info.
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