COUNTERFEIT CISCO GEAR ENDED UP IN US MILITARY BASES, USED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS

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A Florida resident, Onur Aksoy, was sentenced to 78 months in prison and ordered to pay $100 million in restitution to Cisco for running a counterfeit networking gear scam that generated $100 million in revenue and put U.S. military security at risk. Aksoy pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic counterfeit goods, mail fraud, wire fraud, and importing fake Cisco products from China and Hong Kong and selling them as genuine through various online storefronts.