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Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day (www.tomshardware.com)
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Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day::Police in Taiwan have cracked down on counterfeit HDMI cable sales, raiding online sellers across the island.

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[โ€“] xaxl@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like the Taiwanese police were under some pressure to make a big bust so they pulled out a box of cheap cables they acquired from the local markets and made up some public service maths to look good.

[โ€“] JustZ@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Then they valued it like US drug cops. Oh yeah, one bag of misc. cables from someone's junk drawer, that's, uhh, $2,600,000, street value.