Apple Says Many 'Genuine' Apple Products on Amazon Are Fake
October 20 2016 - 2:30PM
Dow Jones News
SAN FRANCISCO—Apple says it has been buying Apple chargers and
cables labeled as genuine on Amazon.com and has found nearly 90
percent of them to be counterfeit.
The revelation comes in a federal lawsuit filed by Apple against
a New Jersey company on Monday over what Apple says are counterfeit
products that were sold on Amazon.
In the lawsuit, Apple says Mobile Star imprinted Apple logos on
cables and chargers that "pose a significant risk of overheating,
fire, and electrical shock." It says the chargers and cables were
being sold on Amazon as genuine Apple products.
Apple says it purchased the products on Amazon and later told
the online retailer that they were fake. Amazon then identified
Mobile Star as the source.
Amazon isn't named in the suit. Mobile Star didn't return a
voicemail seeking comment.
Copyright 2016 Associated Press
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 20, 2016 14:15 ET (18:15 GMT)
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