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Fugitive sought in gun sight counterfeiting scheme

Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:04 PM EDT
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Associated Press

This undated image provided by the Department of Homeland Security shows a seized counterfeit rifle sight. Law enforcement is currently seeking the co-owner of an Anaheim, Calif., online gun equipment business, who along with his business partner and an office manager is charged in a scheme to sell counterfeit high-tech rifle sights over the Internet. (AP Photo/Department of Homeland Security)

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ANAHEIM — An arrest warrant has been issued for a California businessman who has been charged with counterfeiting high-tech rifle sights in a scheme to sell them over the Internet.

Yongming "Steven" Sui, the 37-year-old chief executive officer of Anaheim-based Field Sport Inc., and two business associates are accused of manufacturing and advertising about 700 counterfeit gun sights and 200 magnifier systems for sale online, with a retail value of about $475,000, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Sui is believed to be in China. He faces two felony counts of manufacturing and selling a counterfeit mark and possession of an assault weapon.

EOTech is the United States-based corporation that has the copyright on the manufacture and sale of these weapon components.

The magnifiers and gun sights help weapon users aim and fire at targets with greater accuracy and speed.

Sui's business partner Isaac Cheuk Hang Tse, 65, and office manager Pao Sheng Yang, 34, were arrested last week and face the same charges. They are slated to be arraigned April 22.

Sui faces a maximum sentence of three years and eight months in prison if convicted.

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flameaway

How do you get to the point in life that you find yourself fitted for this particular subspecialty of crime?

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Reply#1 - Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:50 PM EDT
Fletch-495299

So stupid, I could understand if they did everything from China and expect to get away with it but to do it here, they should have known they would be caught.

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#1.1 - Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:58 PM EDT
Levi777

Hasn't counterfeit products from China been an issue for many a year?

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#1.2 - Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:44 AM EDT
Fletch-495299

Yes it has, but.

The thing is they were here in the US marketing these, not China. Had they keep their entire operation in China there would have been little that Customs could do except grab the stuff on entry to the US.

These guys were stupid enough to actually have a business office here.

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#1.3 - Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:44 AM EDT
Levi777

Well, stupid is as stupid does. And of course the one guy fled back to China. Maybe we should all boycott Chinese goods until they cough up this fella. Oh wait. Can't do that. Our economy would collapse and we'd end up walking everywhere.

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#1.4 - Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:10 PM EDT
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Kyle-2710718

Geez!!!

If they had just played it smart by making a few cosmetic changes, releasing them under generic brand names, and selling them @ half the price of their name brand counterparts, they could have made a mint.

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Reply#2 - Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:14 AM EDT
Fletch-495299

So true, the company would have been forced to try and sue them for infringement.

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#2.1 - Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:45 AM EDT
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