Too good to be true?
It must be counterfeit
To all of our Employees,
Business Partners and Valued Customers
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
Greetings of the Season
and all good wishes for a
HEALTHY and HAPPY 2021
AIRPORT VOICE, DECEMBER 2020 15
The JFK Customs Border
Protection held its annual
Counterfeit Day.
Acting CBP Port Director
Sal Ingrassa and HSI Erik
Rosenblatt Special Agent
conducted the media briefing
describing the dangers
and pitfalls of buying fake
goods. Ingrassa spoke of the
amount of money that is lost
to manufactures by intellectual
theft by foreign governments,
notably China. From
Apple iphones, ipads, name
brand team shirts, designer
bags and apparel, knockoffs
watches, to different health
and ED medicines, these
goods come in daily trying to
escape detection.
Rosenblatt says that the
proceeds of these goods is often
funneled back to bad actors
who need to raise money
for terrorism. The two men
pointed out how good these
goods looked but upon inspection
by a trained eye,
the inferior construction and
lack of certain product enhancements
are easily found.
They admit that finding
a bargain that is too good to
be true is tempting but ask
the public for help in not supporting
these thieves by buying
their merchandise and
depriving the U.S. of its right
to create , manufacture and
profit from our labors.
JFK CBP Acting Port Director Sal Ingrassa points out the dangers of
counterfeit drugs from China.
Fake Nike, Apple, Chanel, Viagra, designer bags are just some of the
counterfeit products confiscated by the CBP. Photo by Jeff Yapalater
JFK INT’L AIRPORT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The JFK Chamber wishes you a Happy Holiday
Season. This year has brought so many
unprecedented challenges for so many, yet the
JFK Chamber finds itself grateful for its
members and the JFK Community it serves.
It is our hope that all of you find joy, happiness,
prosperity, and most importantly health during
this Holiday season.