EOTech Counterfeit Update: Anaheim CA
November, 2011
The most recent update on the counterfeit scandal surrounding EOTech Holographic Sights involves a guilty plea from the accused Isaac Cheuk Hang Tse and Pao Sheng Yang. Paul Mangano, President of EOTech had the following to say, "This fight against counterfeit products is not about lost corporate margins. Our concern centers around the fact that counterfeit models do not offer the holograpic technology available in a true EOTech. If a military or law enforcement officer is mistakenly using a counterfeit model they are unknowingly adding additional risk to already life threatening situations. The lives and safety of our countries civil servants are this companies highest concern and these counterfeit products are putting those lives at risk." EOTech supports the departements and individuals involved in attempting to stop this counterfeit product from entering the country and stands proudly behind its Made in the USA products.
UPDATE:
AP State Online California
Guilty pleas in counterfeit rifle sights case
A Southern California businessman and his office manager have pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit (EOTech) high-tech rifle sights over the Internet. Orange County prosecutors say 65-year-old Isaac Cheuk Hang Tse, a co-owner of Anaheim-based Field Sports, and 34-year-old Pao Sheng Yang pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling counterfeit goods and possessing an assault weapon, both misdemeanors.They were initially charged with felonies.City News Service says Tse was sentenced to 60 days in jail and he was placed on three years' probation. Yang got 90 days in jail and three years' probation.Prosecutors say Field Sports manufactured and advertised about 700 counterfeit gun sights and 200 magnifier systems for sale online. EOTech is the United States-based corporation that has the copyright on the manufacture and sale of the sights and magnifiers.
You can read the original arrest release from the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement here: http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1103/110329anaheim.htm?f=m
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