Approximately 2,500 counterfeit air bags were imported between May 2022 and April 2024 with markings of Honda, Chevrolet, General Motors, and Toyota
New Bern, N.C.—A federal judge recently sentenced a Raleigh, N.C., man to one year and a day for importing and selling thousands of counterfeit car airbags into the Raleigh area over the past two years.
The defendant, Mateen Mohammad Alinaghian, 31, sold the counterfeit airbags locally and to online buyers through Facebook Marketplace. The court also ordered Alinaghian to pay restitution in the amount of $83,405.95 to the victims who unknowingly purchased a counterfeit airbag, and to the car manufacturers, and forfeit $154,693.16…