New York Man Charged With Selling $20M in Chinese Counterfeit Goods to US Military

A sergeant of the US Army operating under NATO keeps vigil during a night-time operating post at Devils hill, Afghanistan on Sep. 6, 2012. Prosecutors allege the defendant sold counterfeit uniforms and gear to the U.S. military. Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GettyImages

Federal prosecutors have charged a New York-based wholesaler in relation to a conspiracy to manufacture and sell more than $20 million worth of Chinese counterfeit clothing and gear to the U.S. military, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

The DOJ alleges that 49-year-old wholesaler Ramin Kohanbash of Brooklyn, New York, along with several co-conspirators, sold knockoff goods, including protective clothing, to the U.S. military that appeared to be genuine American-made products, but were in fact manufactured in China.