Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers

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This is just :exploding_head::

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So the guys that were running this SCAM were finally sentenced to jail.

I thought this story rung a bell. Hard to believe it took 5 years, but this type of crime apparently doesn’t call for swift justice.

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Well this detail leads me to believe they were probably actual iPhones with just counterfeit parts or out of warranty.

were either out of warranty or contained counterfeit parts

I would think making phones that look and behave like iPhones would cost a decent amount of money. So I wonder how much money they really made from the scam considering how much making a convincing iPhone would cost?