A merchant inspecting an iPhone for quality.
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The massive operation allegedly produced more than 40,000 units before police decided to take action, making nine arrests and confiscating over 1,400 fake handsets of different brands.
Apple is seeing China as its next big market, and the company’s business results show serious progress. The police arrested nine people – among the a married couple who were the leaders of the operation – during a bust at the facotry in May.
A police raid in Beijing has shut down a large counterfeit iPhone factory that had produced over 41,000 handsets, reported to be worth $19 million.
Notwithstanding cell phones, the supplier had likewise fabricated over a million impersonation handset frill units.
Police began investigating the corporate in May after fake China-made cell telephones have been seized within the US. To supply the housings, the manufacturing plant depended on material delivered in from the Chinese city of Shenzhen that was marked with brand names. Officials said the company bought old phone mainboards from other countries and fake parts with logos from the city of Shenzhen.
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The thump off operation goes to demonstrate the substantial size of the fake cell phone business in the nation. Both new iPhones, and even older ones are in demand.
