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- Vendors arrested at Saturday's Market
- (12/20/2011)
- 20+ county, state and federal law enforcement officers raided Saturday's Market, arresting 12 adults and 2 juveniles for allegedly selling knock-off Ugg boots and other counterfeited designer brands. "The Ugg boots were terrible," said private investigator Stuart Drobny. Read more >>
- Raid Seizes 4,000+ Counterfeit Products
- (12/15/2011)
- PHILADELPHIA - Stumar conducted a raid with ICE/HSI & Phila Major Crimes at two locations on South Street seizing thousands of counterfeit products bearing names of famous designers. Due to the ongoing investigation, names have not been released. (video) Read more >>
- Ocean City Businesses Raided
- (08/17/2011)
- OCEAN CITY, MD - Officers raided businesses suspected of trafficking counterfeit goods; shops with dozens of imitation Coach products. Read more >>
- Dealer indicted for fake high-end products
- (07/07/2011)
- SCHENECTADY - A city businessman has been indicted on 49 criminal counts charging him with trafficking hundreds of thousands of dollars of fake brand-name merchandise, stolen property and weapons. Read more >>
- Grand Jury Hands Down Indictment
- (07/07/2011)
- SCHENECTADY COUNTY, NY - A Grand Jury indicted Lawrence Farfield with operating businesses that traffic in counterfeit trademark items, stolen property and weapons. Read more >>
- Stumar Identified Seized Cosmetics
- (06/21/2011)
- BUCKS COUNTY, PA - Federal agents carried away boxes of counterfeit goods from a Bucks County flea market as part of an investigation into fake cosmetics. Private Investigator Stuart Drobny helped identify the bogus name-brand cosmetics. Read more >>
- Feds raid flea market for fake cosmetics
- (06/21/2011)
- Federal agents carried away boxes of counterfeit goods from a Bucks County flea market as part of an investigation into fake cosmetics. Read more >>
- Federal Agents Raid Green Dragon
- (06/03/2011)
- EPHRATA, PA - Police officers and federal agents seized counterfeit sunglasses and sports memorabilia from more than a half-dozen outdoor vendors Friday at Green Dragon Farmer's Market and Auction in Ephrata, authorities said. Read more >>
- Philadelphia Musician Facing Insurance Fraud
- (05/26/2011)
- PHILADELPHIA, PA - Vincent Foschini was arrested in Philadelphia County on May 26, 2011 and charged with Insurance Fraud, Criminal Attempt/Theft by Deception, Perjury and Unsworn Falsification. Investigators hired by the Navigators Insurance Company conducted surveillance of Foschini and the investigators observed Foschini performing with a band at bars in Philadelphia, Maryland and New Jersey. Read more >>
- Supporter of Terrorists Extradited
- (02/25/2011)
- PHILADELPHIA - Moussa Ali Hamdan, 38, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Lebanon and a former resident of Brooklyn, NY, made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Read more >>
- Police: Pair sold fake items
- (12/26/2010)
- The arrests were the result of an investigation by borough police and Stumar Investigations following the arrest of two other individuals at the Tacony Palmyra Flea Market. Read more >>
- Woman charged with selling knockoffs
- (12/22/2010)
- PARAMUS — A Rockland County woman was charged with selling counterfeit merchandise at Garden State Plaza kiosks after police seized more than 2,000 knock-offs from her businesses and home, police said Wednesday. Read more >>
- Knockoffs at Garden State Plaza Mall
- (12/22/2010)
- That Power Bracelet you bought at a Garden State Plaza Mall kiosk for 30 bucks might actually be worth a nickel -- no, not because the whole premise of its “power” is questionable but because knockoffs of the genuine article were being sold by a woman who seemed none too pleased to have her mugshot taken, Bergen County’s prosecutor said this afternoon. Read more >>
- Counterfeit raid at PA market
- (12/07/2010)
- SOLEBURY TWP, PA - Federal agents have busted an outdoor market in Bucks County because they say that some very fancy designer labels were put into the merchandise, but not by the designers. Read more >>
- Phone Trafficker Guilty
- (11/29/2010)
- MIAMI, FL – Mohamad Majed was convicted this morning in federal court in Philadelphia
of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by trafficking in thousands of prepaid
wireless telephones. Majed, who was arrested by FBI agents on November 22, 2009, pled
guilty to illegally circumventing technological protections that are built into TracFone prepaid
wireless devices to protect its copyrighted proprietary software. Read more >>
- US v. Majed - Copyright Infrigement
- (11/22/2010)
- THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY CHARGES THAT...MOHAMAD MAJED
conspired and agreed with others known and unknown to the grand jury to commit an offense
against the United States, that is, to willfully, and for purposes of commercial advantage and
private financial gain, circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a
work protected under Title 17 of the United States Code, namely, a copyrighted work, in
violation of Title 17, United States Code, Sections 1201(a)(1)(A) and 1204(a). Read more >>
- Counterfeit merchandise at Cowtown
- (08/24/2010)
- PILESGROVE TWP. — NJ State Police conducted a raid on a Cowtown Flea Market vendor Tuesday morning ending with the arrest of a NY man selling counterfeit sunglasses and jewelry. Read more >>
- Counterfeit items seized on boardwalk
- (08/17/2010)
- OCEAN CITY – Police, in cooperation with STUMAR investigations, executed two search warrants at businesses on the Ocean City Boardwalk. Read more >>
- Police raid Wildwood Boardwalk shops
- (07/16/2010)
- Authorities raided 12 stores, arrested 10 merchants and seized 8,900 counterfeit trademarked items, along with $40,000 in cash, during a raid on the Wildwood Boardwalk. Read more >>
- 2 Sentenced for Trafficking Goods
- (07/14/2010)
- PHILADELPHIA - Michael Katz, 58, of Plainsboro, NJ, and Alaa Allia Ahmed Mohamed, a/k/a “Alaa Ahmed Mohamed Abouelnagaa,” 44, of Brooklyn, NY, were both sentenced today for conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and trafficking counterfeit goods, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Read more >>
- PI's Fighting Intellectual Property Theft
- (07/07/2010)
- PInow.com takes a look at intellectual property crime -- what is it, who does it affect, and how can private investigators help? Visit http://www.pinow.com to learn more. Read more >>
- Drobny Private Investigator of the Year
- (06/30/2010)
- PHILADELPHIA, PA - Stuart Drobny named the “2010 William O’Neill Investigator of the Year” by the New Jersey Licensed Private Investigators Association (NJLPIA). Read more >>
- Woman sells counterfeit jewelry in NJ
- (06/18/2010)
- Officers along with Norristown, Pa.-based Stumar Investigations, a private firm that specializes in counterfeiting and intellectual property cases, found that Ha was selling hundreds of pieces of counterfeit jewelry with brand names like Chanel, Coach, and Tiffany at the Tacony Palmyra Flea Market on Route 73. Read more >>
- Philly-based PI lauded by FBI
- (05/21/2010)
- The FBI honored Stuart Drobny, a member of the Philadelphia-based private investigation firm Stumar Investigations, for helping to disrupt a counterfeit goods operation that had links to Hezbollah. Read more >>
- NJ Self Insured Association
- (05/20/2010)
- Lloyd Brown recently sat on a panel at the NJ Self Insured Association's annual meeting wherein the distinguished panel discussed the connection between workers’ compensation, fraud and the effective use of surveillance... Read more >>
- Counterfeit Goods Funding Terrorism?
- (05/18/2010)
- Love that fake Louis Vuitton bag? Well it may do wonders for your wallet, but you could be helping to fund terror plots, says the FBI. Read more >>
- 7,000 fake Rolex watches in Philly
- (04/27/2010)
- PHILADELPHIA — A steamroller has crushed about 7,000 fake Rolex watches in Philadelphia under the orders of federal authorities seeking to deter would-be counterfeiters. Read more >>
- A crushing day for Rolex man
- Philadelphia Daily News
(04/27/2010)
- PHILADELPHIA - A multi-ton double-drum vibrating roller tried to crush 7,000 counterfeit Rolex watches about 10 times at a contractor's site, but some of them kept on ticking. Read more >>
- Sleuths are on the case
- Philadelphia Business Journal
(04/02/2010)
- NORRISTOWN — Stuart Drobny wants to clear up one misconception right from the start. “Most people think I run around after cheating husbands,” said the 50-year-old private investigator. “That is such a misnomer.” Read more >>
- Beware of Fake Uggs
- NBC Philadelphia
(02/05/2010)
- SOUTH JERSEY - They may look like Uggs and feel like Uggs, but if you got them for a steal, there's a good chance they may be fake. Read more >>
- Counterfeiting bill approved by committee
- (02/04/2010)
- HARRISBURG – State Rep. Josh Shapiro, D-Montgomery, last week secured the House Judiciary Committee's unanimous approval for his bill ... Read more >>
- Shapiro on Trademark Counterfeiting
- Above Average Jane
(02/04/2010)
- State Rep. Josh Shapiro, D-Montgomery, last week secured the House Judiciary Committee's unanimous approval for his bill to strengthen Pennsylvania’s trademark counterfeiting law. Read more >>
- $35K In Fake Good Seized
- (02/02/2010)
- DEPTFORD - According to investigators, 127 pair of counterfeit UGG boots and 165 counterfeit NFL, MLB and NHL jerseys were seized during a search warrant of Stellato Boys Produce and Deli in Deptford Township. Read more >>
- Men arrested for selling bogus goods
- (01/26/2010)
- DEPTFORD TWP. — Three Gloucester County men were arrested for pushing counterfeit goods including professional sports team apparel and boots popular with women. Read more >>
- Terrorism Arrests began at Mall
- Philly.com
(01/25/2010)
- DEPTFORD - Moussa Ali Hamdan drove a flashy SUV into the Deptford Mall parking lot for the lunchtime meeting. Read more >>
- Counterfeit Perfume at Farm Market
- Reading Eagle
(12/31/2009)
- LEESPORT - Two men were arrested Wednesday after Northern Berks Regional police raided a stand in the Leesport Farmers Market that was peddling counterfeit cologne and perfume, investigators said. Read more >>
- Raids Target Counterfeit Goods
- USA Today
(12/18/2009)
- DALLAS — When federal and sheriff's investigators showed up with a search warrant at Bargain Corner Jean Store here, they found about $130,000 worth of fake True Religion, Ed Hardy, Affliction and other high-end jeans, T-shirts and sneakers. They hauled out 1,500 items in 40 trash bags and 18 boxes from the store, the owner's minivan and employees' cars. Read more >>
- Raids Net 'Designer' Merchandise
- Philly.com
(10/03/2009)
- Police raided four South Street stores yesterday afternoon, seizing hundreds of purses and other merchandise that authorities said was being sold with counterfeit designer labels. Read more >>
- Counterfeit Busts on South Street
- CBS 3
(02/10/2009)
- Philadelphia Police arrested three shop owners because they say the stores were selling counterfeit merchandise. Read more >>
- Controlling Your Sleuth
- (09/19/2008)
- Can your investigator do things that you are ethically prohibited from doing? What do you do if your investigator crosses the line and provides you with very helpful information that you aren't supposed to have and that she got without telling you she was going to? Join our panel, which includes two ethics counsels, an attorney who handles both personal injury and domestic relations cases and a practicing investigator to learn about what is and what isn't permitted and what you can do if things get out of hand. Read more >>
- Store sold fake Nike sneakers
- The Morning Call
(03/19/2008)
- Authorities say there's a good reason why Street Wear in downtown Souderton sells brand name sneakers at bargain prices: They're fake. Read more >>
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