Calif. Man Gets 2 Years for Smuggling Fake Smartphone Parts

A Laguna Hills, California, man was sentenced Friday to 24 months in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle counterfeit Apple, Samsung and Motorola smartphone parts from China for sale to U.S. consumers, generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue for him and his co-conspirators, said DOJ. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton in Santa Ana also ordered Chan Hung Le, 46, to pay $250,000 in fines. Le pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy to defraud the U.S., to intentionally trafficking in counterfeit goods and to illegally bringing merchandise into the U.S. Efforts to reach his lawyers for comment Monday were unsuccessful.