by stefanie | Sep 7, 2021 | Around the Industry
After decades of scamming people into paying inflated prices for toner cartridges, a Californian man has been prosecuted. Over one six year period, Gilbert Michaels, 79, sold $126 million (€106 million) worth of toner cartridges to small businesses and...
by stefanie | Sep 6, 2021 | Around the Industry
Two men appeared at Norwich Magistrates Court in the east of England, on 2 September accused of stealing £900.00 ($1,245/ €1,050) worth of ink cartridges from a Tesco store in King’s Lynn. The two men, Alberto Stoican 24, and Nicolae Sandulache 25, both of Greengates...
by stefanie | Apr 12, 2021 | Around the Industry
In a recent announcement, HP’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) team said that it seized 4.5 million counterfeit products between November 2019 and October 2020. Vanguard reported that Glenn Jones, Head of HP’s Global Anti-Counterfeiting Programme, confirmed that...
by stefanie | Feb 22, 2021 | Around the Industry
A company and its director have denied seven charges levelled against them for selling and supplying fake products. Local media reports that in July 2018, the indictment alleges that the company was selling fake HP printer toners at their premises in Taman Tasek,...
by stefanie | Feb 8, 2021 | World Focus
The Fayette County Narcotics K-9 Unit seized 59 pounds of methamphetamines hidden in Lexmark toner cartridges during a traffic stop on the Interstate 10. On Wednesday 3 February, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Canine Unit, SGT Randy Thumann and K9...