Made in China Counterfeit Military Goods Sold to U.S. Military

| June 1, 2019

Nonworking counterfeit military items sold to wholesalers for sale to US military and to other organizations. (Military Times)

In this scam, samples of U.S. military items were sent to China for manufacturing, along with instructions. Those that made these counterfeit items sent them to Ramin Kohanbash, in the U.S., who turned around and sold these to wholesalers in the U.S. He rolled these items out as the authentic thing, with falsified certifications to back his claims.

From the Military Times:

The counterfeit gear included 200 specialized parkas designed to counter night vision goggles that would have been used by U.S. Air Force personnel stationed in Afghanistan.

But the Multicam APECS Parkas sold to an unnamed U.S. Air Force base supply center didn’t actually do that, which could have put troops’ lives at risk.

Those types of parkas use a near-infrared technology woven into the fabric that is designed to make the wearer more difficult for enemy forces to detect with equipment such as night-vision goggles, justice officials said. The counterfeit versions, however, lacked the near-infrared technology, unbeknownst to the wearer.

The above wholesalers turned around and marketed these items to military organizations responsible for procuring these items. One of these items,  the infrared resistant parka, was mentioned as being slated for actual use. They wouldn’t have offered the protection that they were advertised to provide.

Their “flame resistant hood” was slated for sale to the military and to law-enforcement agencies. They were advertised as permanently flame resistant. They weren’t.

You could read more at Military Times and download the indictment here.

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FatCircles0311

They using amazon.com?
Everything on amazon is either made in China by fake Chinese companies or counterfeit. If you want a legit non Chinese product don’t even bother with Amazon.

Claw

I’ll suggest a course of action to the AF that will be a lot cheaper.

Take those 200 parkas and 200 of your Zoomies/Zoomettes to Grafenwohr in March or April, have those 200 put the parkas on and do a PT test.

By the time they’re done rolling around in the Graf mud/slime, you will have your anti night vision/infrared technology, and it’ll be ecologically correct./s

Sapper3307

The last time I cleared CIF they accused me of trying to turn in counter fit gear. I had to get very load and point out I was issued it five years prier when Fort Bragg CIF was issuing out fake junk that the employees were switching for the real stuff.

The Other Whitey

They issued you fake shit then tried to blame you when you turned the fake shit back in?

“We’re from the government and we’re here to help!”

Sapper3307

Fake canteens 1qt and 2qt + covers and some other stuff. Some folks were finding the red rubber stamp marks from items sold thru DRMO auctions on items being issued as serviceable but could not be turned in or DXd.

A Proud Infidel®™

I always thought that CIF’s carefully screened their prospective Employees and only hired the stupidest and/or most antisocial.

Zulu02

Had all my own field gear, just so I could leave the CIF stuff in the bag – and until the Kevlar came out that included a helmet. Just to avoid the hassle of turn in.

Mason

“Ramin Kohanbash”

As American as apple pie.

Commissar

A country that will counterfeit eggs will literally counterfeit anything.

Those counterfeit items enter wholesale supply chains more often than anyone would expect. Unfortunately this gives big box stores a competitive advantage because they can make large purchase deals directly with manufactures and thus don’t risk getting counterfeit goods through wholesalers.

But even major chains end up with counterfeit goods on their shelves more often than you might expect.

A Proud Infidel®™

WOW, an entire comment where you didn’t blame anything on President Trump! Counterfeit eggs? WTF!

HMCS(FMF) ret

He got that info from Reddit…

Sapper3307

I watched the counterfeit egg video, its real and bazar.

Commissar

Right? I would not have believed there would be any profit margin in counterfeiting eggs.

Hondo

This one I’d like to see. Link, please?

Sapper3307

YuCKZ–https://youtu.be/bcgH6fgedoA

Sapper3307
A Proud Infidel®™

I’ll be damned, I knew about plastic rice, but eggs? what food item will they counterfeit next?

JarHead Pat

Ho Le Fuk, da cunty comrade didn’t bash POTUS, WTF, his boy freind must have given his azz a good pounding today.

Commissar

It has always been the case that the Marines have a lower ASVAB threshold for recruitment standards.

Just like slightly higher standards shape the culture of a service, lower standards do as well.

I sometimes witness something that demonstrates the impact having low IQ individuals in the ranks has on the intellectual mentality of the typical jarhead.

You are proof of that impact.

Mason

“It has always been the case that the Marines have a lower ASVAB threshold for recruitment standards.”

Um, no. The Marines are more discerning than your Army. Not by much, but they are more picky.

It’s well known that the Army is where you go if you’ve been refused by the other branches. For a while there they were waivering some serious felonies.

JarHead Pat

Ho Le Fuk, da cunty comrade didn’t bash POTUS, WTF, his boy friend must have given his azz a good pounding today.

HMC Ret

I strolled over to Google to check out the counterfeiting of rice and eggs. How the hell do they make profit doing this? Also, we import a large amount of rice while simultaneously exporting rice. Is it a zero sum game? IDK. I also learned that Arkansas is by far the largest producer of rice, by a 2 to 1 margin over the next highest producer, which is California. I’ve driven through Arkansas for miles with rice fields on either side of the car, as far from the road as can be seen. Well, I always bought rice grown in America. I try to give as few of my dollars to the Commie bastards as possible. With as much of our technology as they are stealing or being sold, maybe rice and eggs are a loss leader. They can save a hell of a lot of money on research by crooking it from us. Bastards … I’m guessing, and this is just an opinion, but we are probably at least trying to do the same.

GDContractor

I’m now contemplating the reality that my obliterating compound wasn’t actually made by blind people.

5th/77th FA

Seize all assets of these companies/individuals and then put them in a position where Bubba, Thor, Julio, and Mr. “Tiny” can be set upon their asses.

HMC Ret

I wonder if the COs rat out certain types of criminals to the prison population? For instance, child molesters don’t usually fare well in prison, and rightly so. Do the COs make it known why some are incarcerated? I’m thinking scum like this guy might be a candidate for getting tuned up, maybe by veterans in the system. Maybe he can wear one of his counterfeit parkas, making him invisible to Tiny, Bubba and the Mexican Mafia. Oh, yeah, that’s right. That crap doesn’t work. Sorry, turd, your ass is up for grabs. Better start limbering exercises.

AW1Ed

Counterfeit parts are nothing new, and can go as low as nuts and bolts. These are marked as high grade, but actually made of an inferior, cheaper, alloy. This was fairly common, at least when I was in the aviation community, and got fixed in a hurry.

Caveat Emptor.

HMC Ret

I’ve heard of personnel being injured or dying ARO inferior products. Bolts come to mind. The wife worked for a company in Laurel, MD during the 70s that soldered/made/performed QC on jet engine parts for the military. Her boss was a really great guy who was fanatic when it came to the quality of the product. I got zip sympathy for any asshole turning out counterfeit goods or having shitty QC in order to bump the bottom line. This guy is going to learn what it’s like to have a real ‘bolt’ up his ass.

David

Best thieves on the planet. Traveled there many times, and the amount of counterfeits in daily circulation is staggering. Not so good as innovators – if youdig into almost any Chinese ‘innovation’ you will find it originated elsewhere.

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

I commented on that on fridays weekend open thread and mentioned that I could not open the story up on the online Mil Times. Diagnostic test said that my end was working but the problem was on the other end. Good to see the story that I couldn’t get.

J Wright

Track Ramin Kohanbash and kill him. Just a suggestion.

John

Berliner

Better yet, take him miles out in the Atlantic and give him a life vest and dump him overboard. Then tell him the life vest was made in China and wish him good luck.

HMC Ret

Maybe the prison population will take care of him.