A Walker businessman who sold counterfeit name-brand clothing at 10 Sleeping Tiger Imports stores across Michigan and violated state tobacco tax laws was sentenced Thursday to 10 months in the Kent County Jail.
Timothy Roger Szubinski in February pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit goods and to violating Michigan tobacco tax laws. The felony offenses are each punishable by up to five years in prison.
Michigan State Police last summer searched his 10 Michigan stores and a Grand Rapids warehouse, where they found thousands of products determined to be illegal knock-offs of brands popular with millennials – from Monster Energy T-shirts to Fox Head necklaces.
The investigation was originally launched over tobacco tax violations. Read More>
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