Apple 'repaired' thousands of fake iPhones before it smelled a scam

Counterfeit goods are a big problem for any established brand, but when Apple is involved, you know that there will be both demand and suppl...

Counterfeit goods are a big problem for any established brand, but when Apple is involved, you know that there will be both demand and supply through the roof given the iPhone role as a status symbol, especially in Asia where most of the fake goods originate from.

Two Chinese students in Oregon,  Yangyang Zhou, and Quan Jiang, have been running a fake iPhone repair scheme since 2017, it turns out, defrauding Apple of $895,800 in total, according to the company's estimates. They had bulk shipments of counterfeit handsets shipped to them from China, and submitted ...

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