Miles Continues Counterfeiting Crackdown


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 14, 2001

CONTACT: Kay Maxwell
(803)734-1605
(803)518-0918

Miles Continues Counterfeiting Crackdown
upstate investigation leads to more arrests

(COLUMBIA)- Secretary of State Jim Miles announced today that investigators from his office working in cooperation with agents from US Customs and the Spartanburg and Cherokee County Sheriff’s Offices seized a large amount of counterfeit clothing, watches and sunglasses in several raids that occurred on Wednesday and Thursday.

“We do not yet have a final total on the amount of merchandise that we recovered,” said Secretary of State Jim Miles. “We will release that information as soon as it becomes available. I want criminals to know that we are serious about enforcing these laws and that we are going to put them in jail,” Miles said.

Federal investigators have uncovered evidence that the profits derived from the sale of counterfeit merchandise were used to fund the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and other terrorist activities.

Since January of this year, Secretary of State Jim Miles’ Office has participated in 7 different counterfeit investigations that have led to the arrest of 26 people and the seizure of more than $3.6 million dollars in merchandise.

The Secretary of State’s Office is responsible for the registration of all trademarks and servicemarks. For more information, contact Secretary of State Jim Miles at (803) 309-5019.
 

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