Wednesday, 26 October 2011

First convicted felon of counterfeit IC trafficking sentenced

Further to the previous news item ChipCheck posted yesterday regarding VisionTech Components, news has just been received that the administrator for the company, a Stephanie McCloskey, has received a sentence of three years imprisonment and $166,000 in fines. This is the first federal prosecution of a case involving trafficking of counterfeit integrated circuits.

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