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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection
agency said it has seized more than 20,000 counterfeit
Pennsylvania vehicle inspection stickers that were shipped from
Israel to an address in Philadelphia.
Customs officers found the stickers in two different shipments
that arrived on two different days, Nov. 26 and Dec. 9, and
confirmed with Pennsylvania authorities that the stickers were
counterfeit, the agency said.
The agency did not say in a Thursday statement who sent the
stickers, who was to receive them or what purpose the stickers
were going to serve. The agency said it made no arrests.
Had they been real, the 22,000 stickers would have a value of
$1.4 million, the agency said. Selling fake vehicle inspection
stickers is illegal and a persistent problem for law
enforcement, although at a much smaller scale.
Pennsylvania requires that motor vehicles be inspected annually
to ensure they meet minimum mechanical, safety and emissions
standards. Punishment for using a counterfeit inspection sticker
can mean a penalty of up to $500 and jail time, the agency said.
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