Chinese National Charged With Selling $9.5 Million in Counterfeit Laptop Batteries

Chinese National Charged With Selling $9.5 Million in Counterfeit Laptop Batteries
The Department of Justice building in Washington, on Dec. 9, 2019. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
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A federal judge has indicted a Chinese national in Los Angeles for allegedly participating in a scheme to manufacture and sell $9.5 million worth of Chinese counterfeit laptop computer batteries and other electronics, the Department of Justice announced on Oct. 4.

United States District Judge John F. Walter sentenced 30-year-old Cai Zhoulin, also known as Allen Cai, to 5 years imprisonment. Cai was ordered to pay $9,227,543 in restitution and $25,000 in fines.