US Computer Manufacturer HP is claiming that up to 60 percent of refill ink cartridges sold in East Africa are counterfeit.
From Network World:
U.S. PC and printer maker Hewlett-Packard has said 60 percent of the refill products used in printers across East Africa are not genuine — a situation that is impacting sales heavily.
HP East Africa [...]
The FBI reported on Friday that it is investigating 3,500 counterfeit technology products from China.
From Reuters:
The FBI on Friday said an investigation into the sale of counterfeit Chinese computer components to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 bogus devices with a retail value of $3.5 million.The criminal probe, code-named Operation Cisco Raider, came amid [...]
IT companies lose an estimated $100 million to counterfeit technology products each year.
Source: KPMG and The Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement, “Managing the Risks of Counterfeiting in the Information Technology Industry” , White Paper, Pg. 2, August 2005 .
At any given time, 30 Cisco investigators around the world are working on 200 cases of counterfeiting, with China being the primary source of goods.
Source: Deb Radcliff, “Fake network gear” , Network World, October 23, 2006,(accessed: October 23, 2006).
Source: KPMG and The Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement, “Managing the Risks of Counterfeiting in the Information Technology Industry” ,White Paper,Pg. 2,August 2005.
From AFP:
US authorities announced Thursday they had seized more than 76 million dollars’ worth of counterfeit Cisco Systems computer equipment manufactured in China over the past three years.Officials said the probe by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police aimed at halting counterfeit network routers, switches, network cards and [...]
From PC World:
U.S. and European authorities seized thousands of pieces of counterfeit computer hardware in a major operation in November and December, they announced Friday.
About 360,000 items, mostly computer networking hardware and integrated circuits, were seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency and the European Commission Taxation and Customs Union Directorate General, [...]