What does your quote mean? There's no unknown tiny company in this story. There's no counterfeiting either.
exactly, and why isn't it a counterfeit? Just because it comes from a company with a good reputation, its not? Imagine if someone from AliExpress shipped those instead. They would have been destroyed immediately but since they come from some company such as "OnePlus" it is suddenly no counterfeit. It just shows that you get away with more, if you already have a reputation