U.S. Customs Arrests Equipment Counterfeiters in $500,000 Raid
The U.S. Customs Service has seized $500,000 of counterfeit equipment and arrested an executive from an India-based engineering firm for selling counterfeit copies of Caterpillar engine parts and software in Columbia, S.C.
The May 28 raid followed over a year of undercover investigation and is "one of the largest in the history of the heavy equipment industry," says Robert M. Gattison, U.S. Customs Special Agent in Charge, in Atlanta.