CBP Seizes Counterfeit Cellphone Power Adapters With Fake FCC Markings
Customs and Border Protection seized counterfeit mobile phone accessories March 14 at the Charleston seaport that would be worth about $1.1 million if legitimate, the agency said on Tuesday in a news release. CBP said the merchandise, which included phone…
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cases, chargers, cables and headphones, "arrived into the port from China and was destined for upstate South Carolina." Some 38,000 counterfeit power adapters with FCC marking, "signifying they’d been tested in an accredited FCC laboratory and met certain operating standards," were also seized, said CBP. "These were found to be unauthorized markings as well -- a potentially significant safety risk to unwitting consumers."