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Five people have been charged on 22 counts of fraud for their involvement in a fake iPhone return scheme.
People would take fake lookalike models into Apple stores claiming they are faulty and asking for a replacement device.
Apple would exchange the unit for a valuable replacement phone, which can then be sold.
Scheme ran from December 2014 through March 2024 , with coordination with groups in China where the counterfeit devices were sourced.
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