Who knew a sink could be fake? And so valuable?
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized exactly 2,990 stainless steel sinks at the Port of Baltimore on Wednesday, the agency announced Friday morning. The sinks came from Malaysia and were bound for an unspecified address in Maryland.
Evidently all of them were fake because each one had a counterfeit UPC shield, or an insignia from the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials to certify the safety of plumbing hardware. Intellectual property specialists and agents discovered the association had not authorized the use of its shield on the basins, which is a trademark rights violation.
Which is really too bad for the company that was selling and shipping the sinks. The feds say the haul was valued at more than $1 million.
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