California man guilty of smuggling millions of dollars in fake iPhone parts
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What you need to know A Californian man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after admitting to smuggling millions of dollars in fake iPhone parts into the United States. Chan Hung Le, 46, of Laguna Hills will have to pay a $250,000 fine as part of his punishment. The fake parts were shipped en-masse from China. A California man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after he admitted to smuggling millions of dollars in fake iPhone parts into the United States. He was also ordered to pay a $250,000 fine as part of the verdict. Chan Hung Le, 46, of Laguna Hills was sentenced by District Judge Josephine L. Staton after he admitted to being part of a team that brought counterfeit iPhone parts into the country before selling them online. The whole thing started in 2011 and ran for nine years before Le pleaded guilty. From late 2011 to February 2015, Le conspired with other individuals to import from China cell phone parts and other electronic items beari...