"Chinese Nationals Convicted of Duping Apple with Fake iPhone Repair Scheme"

Two men in Maryland have been found guilty of sending thousands of fake iPhones to Apple for repair in order to obtain authentic replacement phones, resulting in a $3 million fraud. The men now face up to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud. They obtained counterfeit iPhones from Hong Kong, submitted them to Apple and authorized service providers, and used various aliases and spoofed serial numbers to cover their tracks. This case follows a similar scheme involving two brothers in San Diego who were sentenced to prison last year.