U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Tuesday that $18 million in fake Gibson guitars were seized in California, which the agency called the “largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in California have confiscated over 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars, which would have been worth more than $18 million if they had been genuine.
More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in what authorities are calling the largest seizure of counterfeit musical instruments at the massive Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport.
The seizure of more than 3,000 Gibson guitars through the L.A.-Long Beach port complex is the largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record, authorities said.
More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars that could have been sold for a combined $18.7 million were seized by federal authorities after the typically-made—in-America instruments arrived from Asia.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials Tuesday announced the seizure of more than 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars, which they called the largest seizure on record of fake musical instruments.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have seized more than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars. Had they been real, the estimated value would have been more than $18 million.
Authentic Gibson guitars are made only in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bozeman, Montana. The haul is the largest seizure of counterfeit musical instruments on record, officials said.
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