Chinese police shut down supplier of over 40,000 fake Apple iPhones<article>
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<p>Apple’s iPhones are a big business in China. So big that an alleged supplier of knock-off iPhones in the country produced at least 40,000 units, before local police shut down the massive operation.</p><p>Beijing authorities have arrested nine suspects, and confiscated over 1,400 fake handsets of different brands, as part of an investigation into the supplier, the city’s police force announced on Sunday.</p><p>The supplier, based in Beijing, allegedly established one of the largest knock-off phone operations found in recent years, according to the police. Since January, the supplier produced over 41,000 fake iPhones, along with 66,000 smartphone circuit boards, for a value of over $19.7 million.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2952932/apple-phone/chinese-police-shut-down-supplier-of-over-40000-fake-iphones.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Chinese police shut down supplier of over 40,000 fake Apple iPhones
