More than $300,000 of Fake Merchandise Siezed at Super Bowl

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bizoffootball.com - 2/7/2008

More than $300,000 of Fake Merchandise Siezed at Super Bowl

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By the end of the Super Bowl , a 15-by-6-foot storage trailer was full of counterfeit NFL merchandise that was seized by law enforcement members before, during and after the contest. The NFL has started to crack down on fake items, as reported by Mike Dodd of USAToday.com : Eight federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) joined with the Phoenix and Glendale ...

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Deof Movestofca

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"The absence of an NFL hologram is what can easily tip authorities off."

That and the fact that they claimed to have authentic copies of "19-0: A Tribute to the New England Patriots Perfect Season".

Posted 2/11/2008 respond (flag)
- BillJordaniv
  
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  Thank you for the new information. I had not seen reports that the book was being sold outside of the Super Bowl, I had just heard that it was a proposed project by the Boston Globe and that they were taking nonrefundable deposits for it.
  
  Posted 2/12/2008 respond (flag)

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