Neowin News Feed for: Counterfeit

Two men sentenced for $2.5M iPhone fraud scheme against Apple

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:30:01 +0000

Haotian Sun and Pengfei Xue sentenced for a scheme costing Apple $2.5M. Sun gets 57 months, Xue 54 months, plus hefty restitution payments for submitting fake iPhones. Read more...

Realistic-looking fake Ryzen 7800X3D that don't even have CPUs inside are selling

Sayan Sen — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:54:01 +0000

Beware! A realistic-looking fake AMD Ryzen 7800X3D has been unearthed, and it does not even have an actual CPU inside. Read more...

Facebook joins forces with Gucci to file lawsuit against counterfeiter

Usama Jawad — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:40:02 +0000

Facebook and Gucci have filed a joint lawsuit against an international counterfeiter who was using the firm's platforms to promote and sell unofficial products with the latter's branding. Read more...

Unregistered mobile devices to be blocked after October 20 in Pakistan

Usama Jawad — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 06:54:01 +0000

Mobile devices that have not been approved by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority will be blocked from using cellular services after October 20, unless their IMEI number is verified before then. Read more...

eBay accused of perpetuating counterfeit product sales, silencing industry whistle blower

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:24:02 +0000

It looks like eBay is under fire for perpetuating the sale of known counterfeit goods. A new investigative report shows that eBay assists merchants selling counterfeit goods by manipulating feedback. Read more...

3rd-party iPhone charger reportedly claims another life

Steven Parker — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:35:40 +0000

A 28 year old Thai man was found dead clutching his iPhone 4S that was still plugged in. A 3rd-party charger has been blamed for the most recent death, which is sadly not uncommon in the region. Read more...

Apple updates its Chinese website following counterfeit charger electrocutions

Steven Parker — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:20:00 +0000

It's perhaps unsurprising that in China counterfeiting is rife of most products manufactured there and sold in the West. But when those chargers start to kill, companies sit up and take notice. Read more...

Microsoft study claims 33% of software is counterfeit

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:38:51 +0000

A study commissioned by Microsoft has revealed that one third of all software is counterfeit, while the costs of dealing with counterfeit software and malware will reach $114 billion this year Read more...

132 websites seized for selling counterfeit goods

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:25:12 +0000

An operation conducted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations has seized 132 websites selling counterfeit goods and more than $175,000 from PayPal accounts. Read more...

Man charged with selling lots of counterfeit Microsoft software

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:30:12 +0000

A man from Atlanta, Michigan has been charged in federal court with selling over $1 million worth of counterfeit copies of Windows XP Professional and Office 2003 Professional. Read more...

Analysis: Is Spotify hosting bootlegs?

Tyler Holman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:07:47 +0000

Spotify has been called the savior of the music industry, but there is a serious problem lurking underneaths: counterfeit recordings hiding within Spotify's catalog, (really) stealing from the artists Read more...

New Microsoft video shows a man lurking inside a copier

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:45:41 +0000

A new video from Microsoft, designed to show people how they could be victims of counterfeit software, presents those threats via a symbol of a man spying on worker activities, even inside a copier. Read more...

WikiLeaks reveals Apple's struggle against Chinese counterfeits

Mike Brown — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:26:46 +0000

New documents released by Wikileaks earlier this week suggest Apple is struggling to counter against the Chinese counterfeit gadget trade. Local authorities are reportedly uncooperative with Apple. Read more...

Mexican cartel selling counterfeit Microsoft software

Brad Sams — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:02:29 +0000

Microsoft is reporting that a Mexican drug cartel is selling fake copies of Microsoft Office and is branding it with their own FMM cartel insignia. The cartel is reportedly selling fake copies of Office 2007... Read more...

Intel investigates counterfeit processors; 300 fake chips [Updated]

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:52:21 +0000

As Neowin reported during the weekend, Newegg shipped out counterfeit Intel i7 processors to customers, where customers received a clay mold of a heatsink, and even a piece of scrap metal as the processor. ... Read more...

World's largest software counterfeiters jailed in China

Andrew Fairbairn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:18:58 +0000

The ringleaders of what Microsoft have described as "the world's largest software counterfeiting syndicate" have been jailed by the Futian People's Court in Shenzhen, China. Sentences of up to six and a half years were... Read more...

Police Seize GBP 500,000 Worth of Counterfeit Goods

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:43:00 +0000

Bolton Trading Standards officers have carried out a series of raids to seize a huge haul of counterfeit console games, PC software and hardware, clothing and watches with a street value of GBP 500,000. Three... Read more...

Microsoft Files 8 Counterfeit Lawsuits

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:39:00 +0000

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, on Monday said it was filing lawsuits against eight computer system builders and resellers in seven U.S. states, accusing them of distributing counterfeit and unlicensed software and software... Read more...

Counterfeit AMD Microprocessors Discovered in Taiwan

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:57:38 +0000

Taiwan Authorities Suspend Workshop Dealing with Fake AMD Chips. Local authorities on Friday suspended a workshop that made fake, or remarked, AMD microprocessors in Taipei, Taiwan, and seized unprecedented number of chips of nearly one... Read more...

MS sues resellers for counterfeit certificates

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:30:14 +0000

Microsoft is taking action against US resellers who are using dodgy Certificates of Authenticity (COA) to pass off counterfeit software as the real deal. Eight companies are facing legal action after a year-long investigation by... Read more...

$140 million counterfeit software seized

Tom Warren — Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:42:11 +0000

Tens of thousands investigated using snooping software Italian Police have swooped on a major counterfeiting ring based in Italy and have nabbed €118 million ($139.8 million) worth of fake software, the Business... Read more...