On September 13, officers at the Chicago port of entry found 34 fake New York Yankees rings, 24 from the Chicago Bulls, 22 from the St. Louis Cardinals and six from the Philadelphia Eagles, the CBP said in a news release. The shipment from China was headed to a residence Florissant, Missouri, the agency said.
“Shipments like these prey on the many sports fans across the nation who may be scammed into paying high prices for fake memorabilia,” LaFonda Sutton-Burke, director of field operations at the agency’s Chicago office, said in the release. “I’m extremely proud of these officers’ determination in stopping illicit shipments, and our commitment to protecting the American economy.”
The CBP said that in fiscal year 2019, the agency seized nearly 27,600 shipments containing counterfeit goods that, if genuine, would have been worth more than $1.5 billion.