Counterfeit Products In The News:
Amazon Is Destroying Small Business: A Case Study
Aug 01, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
Legitimate sellers and innovators struggle to compete against Amazon whose online marketplace allows fraudsters to sell an inexhaustible supply of counterfeits and knockoffs. The all-to-common story of another innovator almost destroyed by counterfeiters.
Dated, fake and contaminated salon brands on store shelves 
May 09, 2017 - By Adam Walser ABC
Counterfeit salon brands typically cost more, pose higher risks
CBP Seizes Faulty Hair Dryers
Aug 15, 2014 - By US Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized nearly 5,000 counterfeit hair dryers. The hair dryers, which originated from China, have a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of almost $330,000.
Consumers Cautioned on Deceptive Groupon Listings
Jul 01, 2014 - By TCR Press Release
Misleading savings claims by Groupon are not new, but Groupon is again in the spotlight with inflated savings claims.
Massive fake health and beauty supplies ring busted
Mar 12, 2014 - By Adrienne Zulueta, CNN
A pair of New York brothers are charged with running a multimillion-dollar ring that peddled fake products distributed up and down the East Coast including ChapStick, Johnson's Baby Oil, Vaseline and Always sanitary pads.
Health, Beauty Product Counterfeiting Op Shuttered
Mar 11, 2014 - By The North County Gazette
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice has announced the takedown of a large-scale, sophisticated counterfeiting operation in which more than $2 million worth of health and beauty products.
Counterfeit MAC makeup prevalent in Bay area
Nov 21, 2013 - By ABC Action News - Adam Walser
U.S. Homeland Security agents are seeing counterfeit versions of just about everything penetrating our borders including popular MAC cosmetics.
Paul Mitchell warns of counterfeit hair care products
Nov 12, 2013 - By Cristen Severance
Are you getting what you pay for when you purchase hair care products? At least one brand says what's sold in big retail stores may not be what you think.
Groupon Misleading Consumers With Exaggerated Savings
Nov 01, 2013 - By Globe News
Misleading savings claims by Groupon are not new, but Groupon is again in the spotlight with its inflated savings claims. "Some Groupon offers and savings calculations just don't pan out,"
Groupon Exaggerating Consumer Savings
Nov 01, 2013 - By TCR Press Release
Misleading savings claims by Groupon are not new, but Groupon is again in the spotlight with its inflated savings claims. "Some Groupon offers and savings calculations just don't pan out" says The Counterfeit Report consumer website.
