Plymouth Man Charged For Selling Fake Phones
If convicted, Mario Samson will face up to 10 years in prison.
According to the U.S. State Attorney's office press release:
On June 13 in federal court, a 39-year-old Plymouth man was charged with selling refurbished and counterfeit cellular telephones on the Internet, claiming they were brand new. Via an Information, Mario Samson was charged with one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods.
Allegedly, from May 1, 2010, to July 19, 2011, Samson intentionally trafficked and attempted to traffic cell phones and cell phone accessories that featured counterfeit marks identical to registered trademarks of multiple electronics companies.
If convicted, Samson faces a potential maximum penalty of ten years in prison.
All sentences will be determined by a federal district court judge.
This case is the result of an investigation by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. It is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Colin P. Johnson.
rob_h78
6:17 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
10 years in prison for selling fake phones? And yet executives of mortgage companies who went long with forged documents, etc... that helped lead our country in a financial meltdown got to walk away with their multi-million dollar parachutes and retire to mansions without a care...
I get it that the guy selling fake phones should be punished, but I bet if he was a multi-millionaire with lobbyists on K-Street fighting for his cause, along with donating plenty of money to politicians he would never see the inside of a courtroom let along be facing one moment behind bars.
Dennis
10:44 am on Sunday, June 24, 2012
The article says that he "...faces a potential maximum penalty of ten years in prison."
If convicted, I doubt that he will get anywhere near that much time.
ann delaney
10:53 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
I agree with what was said about his punishment. What he did was wrong, no doubt, but the punishment does not fit the crime. It makes one wonder about the justice system when you see guilty people of worser crimes go free Two examples, Amy sensor, she killed someone, and Zimmerman, he also killed someone. They have contradicted themselves too many times to be believable. As the saying goes, "Money talks."