Man Who Tricked Apple into Replacing 1,500 Fake iPhones Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Counterfeit Goods

[DeepIn2U]

The original article in Bloomberg had "Chinese national" which is a normal way to identify someone and not racist. It's no different, IMHO, when someone is identified as Canadian, German, etc. The news is simply stating a fact as part of their reporting.

MR changed national to man instead of leaving it as Bloomberg did.

The original article in Bloomberg had "Chinese national" which is a normal way to identify someone and not racist. It's no different, IMHO, when someone is identified as Canadian, German, etc. The news is simply stating a fact as part of their reporting.

MR changed national to man instead of leaving it as Bloomberg did.

A different view that I welcome.

Except is China as well culturally and ethnically diverse as Canada? Is German as such to Canada? But I guess you’re right.
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His status as a Chinese national (which means he's here on a student visa) is material to his acquisition of the fraudulent phones, and his reselling of them back into the Chinese market.

His article here did not say chinese national just a Chinese man.

 

[jlc1978]

A different view that I welcome.

Except is China as well culturally and ethnically diverse as Canada? Is German as such to Canada? But I guess you’re right.

I would say Chna is at least as diverse as Canada. Spoken Chinese has 10 dialects, for example. There are also other ethnic groups that live in China as well, with their own languages and cultures, even though most of China's population is Han.

As for Germany, much less so. Although there are distinct differences between the northern, southern and Bavarian parts of Germany, in my experiences it is much more homogeneous.

 

[tripmusic]

And the moral of the story is... better to quit whilst you're ahead. Dumbass

 

[portlander]

But those iphone were 'fake'? So they are 100% copy in hardware? wtf

Yes, China counterfeits every component on an iphone, often within days of it's release.
[doublepost=1562395917][/doublepost]The real question is why are they reducing the fine to $200,000 when he made $900,000. That makes it profitable for him even though he sits in jail for 3 years. The law says the fine should be double the amount defrauded.

 

[- rob -]

Yes, China counterfeits every component on an iphone, often within days of it's release.
[doublepost=1562395917][/doublepost]The real question is why are they reducing the fine to $200,000 when he made $900,000. That makes it profitable for him even though he sits in jail for 3 years. The law says the fine should be double the amount defrauded.

Probably because he turned informant