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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 25982398, member: 104064"]They have been sued, and settled for $59 million, for selling counterfeit pill presses used to manufacture fake pills (and probably to distribute fentanyl). <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ebay-pay-59-million-settle-controlled-substances-act-allegations-related-pill-presses-sold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ebay-pay-59-million-settle-controlled-substances-act-allegations-related-pill-presses-sold" rel="nofollow">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ebay-pay-59-million-settle-controlled-substances-act-allegations-related-pill-presses-sold</a>. Seems a lot more egregious than fake coins, but similar. </p><p><br /></p><p>There have been a couple other cases that I could find, one involving Tiffany and the selling of counterfeits of their products. <a href="https://www.vondranlegal.com/can-ebay-stop-infringing-or-counterfeit-replica-goods-being-sold-on-its-website" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vondranlegal.com/can-ebay-stop-infringing-or-counterfeit-replica-goods-being-sold-on-its-website" rel="nofollow">https://www.vondranlegal.com/can-ebay-stop-infringing-or-counterfeit-replica-goods-being-sold-on-its-website</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Seems like the US Mint would have to get involved, as these are their products. Perhaps the Secret Service, since as far as I know none of the classic coins have been demonetized and you're free to spend as many 1909-S VDB cents and 1804 dollars as you want. For US coins, they are essentially facilitating the distribution of counterfeit currency.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 25982398, member: 104064"]They have been sued, and settled for $59 million, for selling counterfeit pill presses used to manufacture fake pills (and probably to distribute fentanyl). [URL]https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ebay-pay-59-million-settle-controlled-substances-act-allegations-related-pill-presses-sold[/URL]. Seems a lot more egregious than fake coins, but similar. There have been a couple other cases that I could find, one involving Tiffany and the selling of counterfeits of their products. [URL]https://www.vondranlegal.com/can-ebay-stop-infringing-or-counterfeit-replica-goods-being-sold-on-its-website[/URL] Seems like the US Mint would have to get involved, as these are their products. Perhaps the Secret Service, since as far as I know none of the classic coins have been demonetized and you're free to spend as many 1909-S VDB cents and 1804 dollars as you want. For US coins, they are essentially facilitating the distribution of counterfeit currency.[/QUOTE]
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