O’Hare Airport Seizes Millions In Counterfeit Goods

Recently, the U.S. Customs Agents at Illinois' biggest and busiest airport made a huge bust worth millions of dollars.

Huge Bust At O'Hare International Airport in Illinois

Have you ever seen one of those deals? Something that normally costs thousands of dollars and you see it on sale for just a fraction of the cost. Remember this: if the deal seems too good to be true, then it actually is.

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If there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the item and not been used, there are two options. It's either "hot" (stolen) or counterfeit. Believe it or not, there's a huge market for fake items out there.

According to CBS News...

U.S. Customs agents intercepted shipments that included millions of dollars worth of counterfeit watches and thousands of fake licenses last month at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

 

The 485 shipments, 145 of which contained 516 counterfeit watches and 340 other shipments containing 4,345 counterfeit driver's licenses, came from Hong Kong and China.

A lot of people in the marketplace don't mind the counterfeit items because they're so much cheaper than the real thing. Usually, they look pretty good. I have friends who buy fake sports jerseys on the internet.

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The counterfeit market has gotten so bad that many flea markets are on the lookout for vendors who sell fake items. There's nothing worse than thinking you got a good deal for something you thought was real, to find out it's fake and you didn't even know.

The counterfeit driver's license is very concerning. Unless they're going to underage college students going on spring break, that's pretty scary. Well, unless they have some Real IDs. Just kidding, that's not cool either.

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