City filed charges against garment firms accused of counterfeiting.City filed charges against garment firms accused of counterfeiting DOWNTOWN L.A. -- Los Angeles City Attorney The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official whose job is to prosecute all of the misdemeanor criminal offenses within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California has filed criminal charges against the owners of 14 garment-district companies accused of manufacturing and selling counterfeit copies of major-brand clothing. The criminal complaints grew out of a major sweep by the Los Angeles Police Department's Bunco-Forgery Division last December. An estimated $1 million of phony merchandise and manufacturing equipment was seized and 19 persons were arrested during the raid. Deputy City Attorney Fay Chu, who is handling the case, said counterfeit merchandise being copied included lines by Nike, L.A. Gear, Coca Cola, Nintendo, Guess, Disney, Body Glove, Reebock. The 27 owners and employees implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. in the case are scheduled for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted May 21 in Los Angeles Municipal Court. |
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