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Counterfeit Parts |
| Name: |
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MoparNorm |
| Date Posted: |
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Jul 14, 08 - 9:09 PM |
| IP Address: |
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71.104.149.239 |
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moparnorm@hotmail.com |
| Dodge-Link |
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http://www.wilwood.com/Products/006-MasterCylinders/001-PV/index.asp |
| Message: |
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Just in case some of you start selling mirrors or something like that;
From Allpar.com:
David Layson, of the well-known company Layson's Restorations, has been arrested by the North Middleton (Pennsylvania) police on charges of running a corrupt organization, trademark counterfeiting, and theft by deception, after a search warrant was served during the Carlisle All-Chrysler Nationals, according to North Middleton Township police and The Sentinel.
The following allegations are from the affadavit of probable cause used to obtain a search warrant of the owner's hotel room (thanks, Stewart). These allegations are from a law enforcement officer:
Chrysler had notified the police, after identifying Layson's Restorations as a seller of counterfeit merchandise in 2001, and, in 2003, warning Layson and trying to work with him on authorization.
A Chrysler official notified local police that Layson's Restorations would be selling counterfeit products at the Carlisle All-Chrysler Nationals on May 28. These included tail lights, lenses, and vehicle emblems. According to the officer who served the complaint, Chrysler's trademark investigation firm had discovered that special tools were created to create unauthorized Chrysler emblems in the 1970s, to make what appeared to be authentic products. Despite previous investigations and arrests, those tools had not been located in the past.
In 2004, Layson was served with a cease and desist order and they agreed. However, in 2007, law enforcement officials in Columbus, Ohio, allegedly purchased counterfeit materials from Layson's Restorations at the Mopar Nationals.
According to the affidavit, on July 11 (Friday), Office Richard Grove attended the All-Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle and bought two lenses and four marker lights from Layson's Restoration, and observed "well over 200 other items that purport to be Chrysler products." Four experts examined the purchased parts and declared that they were not produced by Chrysler, and that no other makers had been licensed to produce them. The items were marked with the Pentastar trademark and part number, which increase the value of the items.
Layson's Restorations had brought a 2004 Isuzu van with Washington plates to the show; a 2008 Chevy van with Florida plates, registered to PV Holding Company, was also used to hold parts.
In a conversation with a law enforcement officer, David Layson, when asked if an emblem on a lens was "the real thing," Layson replied that "It is a reproduction that we make...the real emblem would be an NOS product which has a metal backing and this emblem has a plastic backing." |
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