The bust of a counterfeit goods operation in northwest Harris County resulted in two arrests and the recovery of $158,406 worth of counterfeited Trojan condoms and potentially hazardous BiC lighters, Harris County court records reveal.
Special needs child suffers cuts, bruises after he says teacher punched him in face for trying to perfect his homeworkin northwest Harris County resulted in two arrests and the recovery of $158,406 worth of counterfeited Trojan condoms and potentially hazardous BiC lighters, Harris County court records reveal.
“They set up basically a buyback type of deal where they contacted these wholesalers,” Harris County consumer fraud prosecutor Kasie Herring said. “That’s kind of how they were made aware of all of the items that they were selling that, you know, were found out to be counterfeit.” “I don’t think that a regular consumer would be able to tell that these items were counterfeit,” Herring said. “This one seems to pose a greater health risk to anyone who could get their hands on those types of items.”“Was there ever a point when he thought they were fake or anything about them seemed fake?” KPRC 2′s Bryce Newberry asked.His wholesale business brought in low-priced items from wholesalers all over the world, Silverman said, then re-sold them in bulk.
The exact origins and destinations of the items, including Trojans with expiration dates that didn’t match regulations and standards according to the search warrant, are still a mystery to investigators. “It’s just really unfortunate for consumers that were wanting to go and purchase safe, tested condoms, and then that may have not been the case because we don’t know how effective these condoms are,” she said.
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