Man Charged with Selling Counterfeit Diabetic Strips from China, England
The Justice Department has announced that on May 17, 2011, Jacques Duplessis was charged with an indictment for allegedly engaging in a scheme to sell approximately 6,000 boxes of counterfeit LifeScan One Touch diabetic test strips purchased from suppliers in…
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China and England. He allegedly sold the counterfeit strips to wholesale customers in the U.S. and Canada, who, in turn, sold those them to purchasers in pharmacies and other stores throughout the U.S. He is also charged with mail fraud and entry of goods into the U.S. through a false statement on a customs form.