The co-owner of a Southern California importer has been arrested on felony charges of manufacturing and selling a counterfeit mark. The other co-owner fled the country to China. LA Times reports …

Now a fugitive believed to be in China, Yongming “Steven” Sui, 53, chief executive officer of Field Sport Inc., was charged by state prosecutors with two felony counts — manufacturing and selling a counterfeit mark (a form of trademark infringement) and possession of an assault weapon.

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Also charged in the state criminal complaint were Sui’s colleagues — co-owner Isaac Cheuk Hang Tse, 65, of Rowland Heights, and Pao Sheng Yang, 34, of Corona, the firm’s business manager. Both are alleged to have engaged in manufacturing and selling a counterfeit mark and possessing an assault weapon.

The charges stem from an investigation that began in early March after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers were conducting a routine mail inspection at an Alaska sorting center and found 700 counterfeit rifle sights and 200 magnifier systems in a shipment sent from China to Field Sport’s headquarters, said ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice.

Fake EOTech Magnifier

Forged gun optics, and other items, are easy to obtain and import. The B2B website Alibaba.com, of which Yahoo! owns about 25%, is a virtual clearing house for forgeries of every description. Take a look at the below screenshots of searches I did at the site …

Searching ‘EOTech’ on Alibaba.

Searching ‘Leupold’ on Alibaba.

When buying optics be as wary of great deals as you would be if you were shopping for a Rolex.

[ Many Conrad to wary for emailing me the link. ]