Aventura Employee Pleas Guilty
Aventura employee Alan Schwartz has pleaded guilty, one of 7 employees charged 3 years ago with US government criminal charges for fraudulently selling Hikvision and other PRC Products as Made in the USA.
Schwartz, who previously worked at Hikvision USA, is the first employee to reach any resolution, with the case continuing against others.
Inside this note, we examine the plea, the government's evidence, and how common such tactics are in the video surveillance market.
Plea *******
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Evidence
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******** ******** ****** **** ******** ****** steps ** **** *** ****** ** PRC ********:
** ** ***** **** **, ****, SCHWARTZ ******* * *** ****** ************ indicating **** ******** “************ ****[**] ** have *******” *** ******* ******** ****** from *** ******’* ********;
** ** ***** ******** **, ****, SCHWARTZ ******* ******* ******** ******** ********** steps **** ***** ** ***** ** “mask *** ******” ** ******* ******* that ******** *** *********** ********** **** a *** ************;
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****, ******** **** ******** ************ ** dressing ******* ************ ********* ** ********'* apparel:
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*** ******** ********* **** ******* **** Schwartz ****** **** ********* (*.*., *** Manufacturer **********-* *****):
******** ****** ** ********* ****** ********, as *** ******** ******* ****** ** 2019 (***** **** ******** *** ******* his ******** *******):
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Common *******
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****, **** *** ***. * ***** legal ******* **** ** **** ** you.
*** **** ** *** **** *** PRC *** *** ******** ***********? ****** show * ********** ******* *** *** #1 *** ******** *** **** ******** employees?
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*** ****** **** *** ***** **** In *** *** ******* * **** never ****.
* *** *** *** ***** ******* for ** *** ******* ****** *** have ****** **** ****** **.
* ***** * **** ***'* ****** people * **** *** * **** time ** *** ** **. **ï**, I ****.
****, ****'* *** ****** *'** **** subscribing ** **** *** **** ****, to ****** *** ********* ** *****'* occur ** ** ** ***.
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**, ***** *** ****** ** ****** is ************, ****** *** ***** *** ridiculous *** ***'* (** *******'*) ***** to ****. **** *********** ** ****, again ** **** *****.
*** *** **** *** **** ***** time *** **** **** ****.
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