Five arrested in seizure of 300 pairs of fake Nikes

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[h2]From my local newspaper today...

Five arrested in seizure of 300 pairs of fake Nikes[/h2][h3]Updated: 04/25/08 6:48AM

Five Buffalo men were arrested Thursday on felony charges of possessing more than 300 pairs of fake Nike sneakers, Buffalo police said.[/h3]
Hussein M. Alomeri, 41; Waleed Hussein Mohamed Said, 19; Abdulghafoor

M. Mohsin, 19; Ahmed A. Musa, 21, all of West Ferry Street, and Muafaq

A. Majid, 25, of South Park Avenue, were charged each with felony trademark counterfeiting.

Police acting on a search warrant signed by Buffalo City Couret Judge Daniel Grasso found the five in possession of 324 pairs of the sneakers at a SycamoreStreet address about 6 p. m.
 
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The first people they bring down for this and they just so happen to be Arabs?
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SUUUUUURE they got them for fake shoes
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not the first time

Arrested For Having 13,725 Pairs Of Fake Nikes
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CHICAGO (STNG) ― A 27-year-old man was charged Monday with violating trademark laws for having more than 13,000 pairs of counterfeit Nike gym shoes that policeseized.

Chukwuemeka Ebelchukwu, who was born in Nigeria and lives in Chicago, was expected to appear in Central Bond Court (Br. 1) Tuesday afternoon on the one countof violation of trademark laws, according to Harrison district Tactical Officer Carol McGhee. She did not know how long Ebelchukwu has been a resident of theUnited States, but said he has been in this country for a long time.

Ebelchukwu is accused of selling counterfeit Nike gym shoes in bulk to other retail businesses.

"We got information from an anonymous witness he was selling and storing large quantities of counterfeit Nikes," McGhee said. She and HarrisonDistrict Tactical Officer Daniel Stanek obtained a search warrant for a storefront at 9040 S. Commercial Ave., where they confiscated more than 13,000 pairs ofcounterfeit Nike shoes on Saturday.

"He told us flat out that Nike would not sell to him" because there were other businesses in that area selling legitimate Nike shoes and it wouldhave been too much competition, McGhee said, adding that Ebelchukwu said he had been selling the counterfeit shoes for about six months to one year.

He obtained the counterfeit Nikes from another seller and stored the items at 9040 S. Commercial Ave., McGhee said. Ebelchukwu has two other retailestablishments down the block, but police did not search them because they believed they've recovered all of the counterfeit shoes. The storefront at 9040S. Commercial Ave. -- which had material on the windows so people could not see in but those inside could see out -- was "the main place where he wasstoring his merchandise," she said.

Ebelchukwu sold the counterfeit Nikes in bulk to other retail establishments at a price of about $40 to $70 per pair. "His prices were well below theactual prices of (what legitimate) Nikes" sold for, McGhee said.

The counterfeit shoes looked legitimate from afar, and some did up close, but Nike agents who went to the store to see the items noticed that the paint on thecounterfeit shoes were wrong and some of the sizes were off, according to McGhee. Ebelchukwu did not have any legitimate Nike shoes in his possession, shesaid.

While Ebelchukwu also had other items, including other types of brand name shoes and clothing, in his possession, police did not have representatives fromthose brand names who could say whether or not those products were counterfeit, McGhee said. Also, police were called to investigate the counterfeit Nikeshoes, and not the other items in his possession.

McGhee did not know if Ebelchukwu's businesses were closed or if someone else was running them since he has been in custody since Saturday.

Police recovered a total of about 13,725 pairs of counterfeit Nike gym shoes. According to McGhee, a Nike representative told police that Ebelchukwu could havegotten a total of more than $1 million for the shoes that were seized.
 
Just 300? They weren't doing it big enough. Their suppose to have 8-10 colorways for each shoe. Plus, they should've had a FS run.

Wait, were they even Jordans?

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13,725 is more like it.
 
Originally Posted by gaseousfashion

Just 300? They weren't doing it big enough. Their suppose to have 8-10 colorways for each shoe. Plus, they should've had a FS run.

Wait, were they even Jordans?

EDIT:

13,725 is more like it.
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yea and
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at him for saying he only did it because nike wouldn't sell to him
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Originally Posted by gaseousfashion

Just 300? They weren't doing it big enough. Their suppose to have 8-10 colorways for each shoe. Plus, they should've had a FS run.

Wait, were they even Jordans?

EDIT:

13,725 is more like it.
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thats OD
 
Lol at the solesupreme joke but dude goes to my school(city tech ny), one cocky mofo lmao but yea that's good they got busted but bad if that was the onlyway to put food on the table.
 
I really hope they crack down on alll the spots here that sell fake Nike, Jordan, and Timberland. It is getting so bad that my brother whose in 8th grade gotclowned for wearing the black and white Fusions instead of the blue and red Fusions his boys had...yes blue and red. SMH
 
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