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Pittsburgh Border Patrol Agents seize $19K of counterfeit DVDs from Hong Kong

Pittsburgh Border Patrol Agents seize $19K of counterfeit DVDs from Hong Kong
Posted at 1:31 PM, Oct 12, 2018
and last updated 2018-10-12 15:13:18-04

Over $19,000 of counterfeit DVDs were found and taken by Pittsburgh U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The DVDs included Showtime’s ‘Shameless,’ HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones,’ and CBS’s ‘Big Bang Theory.’

The counterfeit DVDs were shipped from Hong Kong, in September, disguised in packages to look like learning materials. The DVDs were determined counterfeit after they were sent to CBP’s Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising Centers for Excellence and Expertise.

On a typical day in 2017, CBP officers seized $3.3 million worth of products with Intellectual Property Rights.

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