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http://www.defenseone.com/management/2013/08/defense-contractors-want-clarity-dod-counterfeit-rules/68432/ Many contractors admit they will be unable to immediately comply with a rule, taking effect by March 2014, that would require contractors to either develop a new system for detecting counterfeit electronic parts or forego payment. The Pentagon is under pressure to address congressional concerns about the risk of weapons systems failing if adversaries… Continue reading DoD’s New Anti-Counterfeit Rules Are Confusing Defense Contractors

http://www.businessinsider.com/technology-is-a-huge-national-security-threat-2013-8 There will likely be casualties among U.S. servicemembers as a result of counterfeit technology in military vehicles and weapons systems, according to a scathing new op/ed from Jim Burger and Kimberly Heifetz in Defense One: Sometime in the not-to-distant future, a submarine will sink. An air defense missile will detonate far from its intended… Continue reading Rampant Counterfeit Tech Threatens The Lives Of US Military Members

Global IC Trading is approved for the DLA’s QTSL and QSLD programs and is working with Applied DNA to develop Global IC Trading’s SigNature DNA. http://www.ept.ca/news/counterfeit-protected-components-enter-circulation/1002507301/ Applied DNA Sciences Inc., Stony Brook NY, provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced that its SigNature DNA mark has been used to protect nearly 500,000… Continue reading Counterfeit protected components enter circulation

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/05/army-wont-suspend-contracts-with-al-qaeda-tied-companies/ The U.S. Army is refusing to suspend contracts with dozens of companies and individuals tied to Al Qaeda and other extremist groups out of concern for their “due process rights,” despite repeated pleas from the chief watchdog for Afghanistan reconstruction. In a scathing passage of his latest report to Congress, Special Inspector General John… Continue reading Army won’t suspend contracts with Al Qaeda-tied companies, citing ‘due process rights’

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/us-china-usa-counterfeit-idUKBRE96U0X120130731 Reuters) – The United States and China have joined forces in a combined operation to crack down on counterfeit goods, seizing more than 243,000 fake electronics products, including popular consumer items made by Apple, Samsung, Dr Dre and Blackberry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the month-long operation was the biggest bilateral customs enforcement… Continue reading U.S., China team up to seize counterfeit goods in joint operation

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_23733782/san-jose-cisco-products-reseller-arrested-after-indictment SAN JOSE — The owner of a successful reseller of Cisco (CSCO) network equipment was arrested Thursday after being indicted on charges of knowingly buying counterfeit or stolen products and passing them on to customers after altering serial number while running Network Genesis, which brought in $37 million during the period under investigation, according… Continue reading Cisco products reseller arrested after indictment on fraud charges

What is interesting about this article is that the Chinese police finally helped with a counterfeit investigation. http://news.yahoo.com/interpol-operations-net-millions-fake-132734058.html PARIS (AP) — More than 6,000 people around the world were arrested in a two-month anti-counterfeiting sweep that netted tens of millions of dollars worth of fake shampoo in China, phony cigarettes in Turkey and bogus booze… Continue reading Interpol operations net millions of fake goods

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2013/August/Pages/ProposedRulesonCounterfeitPartsPutsOnusonIndustry.aspx f implemented, new Defense Department regulations could leave contractors to foot the bill for the use of counterfeit parts. The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 2012-D055 would add a new section to regulations prohibiting contractors from being reimbursed for the cost of actual or suspected counterfeit electronic parts. It would also keep contractors from… Continue reading Proposed Rules on Counterfeit Parts Puts Onus on Industry

http://www.theday.com/article/20130716/NWS09/130719772/1047 Indictment says fake integrated circuits meant for nuclear submarine Groton — The U.S. Naval Submarine Base on at least three separate occasions received counterfeit semiconductors from Hong Kong or China, though it is unclear whether any of the components wound up on a nuclear submarine. According to the indictment this week of a military-components… Continue reading Feds: Counterfeit submarine parts shipped to Groton base

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/July/13-crm-790.html Peter Picone, 40, of Methuen, Mass., has been charged with importing counterfeit semiconductors from China for sale in the United States. The charges were announced today by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly; Special Agent in Charge… Continue reading Massachusetts Man Charged with Selling Counterfeit Semiconductors Intended for Use on Nuclear Submarines