RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — On Sept. 30th, a Raleigh man was sentenced to one year and a day for importing and selling thousands of counterfeit car airbags into the Raleigh area over the past two years.
Mateen Mohammad Alinaghian, 31, sold counterfeit airbags locally and to online buyers through Facebook Marketplace. The court also ordered Alinaghian to pay restitution of $83,405.95 to the victims who unknowingly purchased a counterfeit airbag, and to the car manufacturers, and forfeit $154,693,16.
According to court documents, Alinaghian imported approximately 2,500 counterfeit airbags into Raleigh between May 2022 and April 2024. He imported airbags with counterfeit markings of Honda, Chevrolet, General Motors, and Toyota from a supplier in the United Kingdom…