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03
Oct
2024
Anne Liese Heinichen

InterCEPT has launched a new online class – WB01 - Electroni...
WB01 is a live, instructor-led online class that provides anyone involved in the purchase, sale, inspection or integration of Electrical, Electronic, ...
02
Oct
2024
Anne Liese Heinichen

BIS Enforces Antiboycott Regulations for a US Company Reques...
On September 30, the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security announced a civil penalty of $151,875.00 against Quantum Co...
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17
Jul
2024
Anne Liese Heinichen and Rebecca Dulberg

Hong Kong Addresses Added to Entity List – What You Should K...
On June 12, 2024, the US Department of Commerce announced new export restrictions related to Russia’s war against Ukraine. While the US government has...
22
Mar
2024
Damir Akhoundov

2023 Annual Report
In 2023, ERAI reported a total of 786 suspect counterfeit and nonconforming parts showing a slight increase over the previous year. The significant d...
05
May
2023
Adina Genn

Michael Montenes, the owner of M.S. Hi-Tech, pleads guilty ...
A Long Island business owner pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip Wednesday to bribing a federal official in a scheme to obtain nearly $1 ...
27
Jan
2023
Damir Akhoundov

2022 Annual Report
In 2022 ERAI reported a total of 768 suspect counterfeit and nonconforming parts showing a marked increase over the last three years. From 2021 to 20...
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04
Nov
2022

Former Apple Employee Conspired with Distributors to Defraud...
A former Apple employee, Dhirendra Prasad, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with...
01
Aug
2022
Kristal Snider

Fake LinkedIn Profiles Targeting Chip Buyers Used to Commit ...
In July 2022, a buyer began communicating via LinkedIn with an individual identifying himself as "Howard Carrick". In his profile, Carrick alleges he...
25
Mar
2022
Anne-Liese Heinichen

The War in Ukraine and Sanctions Against Russia
ERAI is deeply concerned by the war in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been widely condemned internationally and by the United Nations Gener...
02
Dec
2021
Kristal Snider

Hundreds of Component Buyers Scammed by Fraudulent Websites
This message is a warning to any organization involved in the purchase of electrical, electronic and electromechanical (EEE) parts and/or materiel. ER...
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18
Oct
2021
Kristal Snider

Scammers Impersonate Digi-Key to Defraud Buyers
Digi-Key Corporation aka Digi-Key Electronics aka Digi-Key Sales Corporation’s name, logo and likeness are being used in a wire fraud scheme to defrau...
08
Jul
2021
Kristal Snider

Desperate Buyers Targeted by Scammers During Chip Shortage
This message is a warning to any organization involved in the purchase of electronic components. An individual by the name of Nick Martin, using mul...
11
Mar
2021
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Cisco Systems Files Civil Suit Against US and Chinese Compan...
On March 9, 2021 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Cisco Systems filed a civil suit against three Tennessee-b...
02
Feb
2021
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Three Iranians Charged with Illegally Exporting Electronic G...
On January 12, 2021, an indictment was unsealed in the US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan charging Arash Yousefi Jam aka Arash Yousefijam...
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01
Feb
2021
ERAI, Inc.

Former Avnet Asia Employee Charged with Criminal Conspiracy ...
On December 5, 2019, Cheng Bo aka Joe Cheng, a Chinese citizen, was charged with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and...
29
Jan
2021
ERAI, Inc.

US Government Announces Administrative Settlement against Av...
US Department of Commerce announced today an Administrative Settlement of $3.2 million (partially suspended) against Avnet Asia Pte. Ltd. (“Avnet Asia...
11
Nov
2020
ERAI, Inc.

How to spot a counterfeit - What is a counterfeit?
While a large focus in the industry remains on the dangers posed by counterfeit parts such as product failures, increased program costs, reduced relia...
20
Oct
2020
NASA

NASA Issues New FAR Supplement Requirements for Counterfeit ...
On August 27, 2020, NASA published the final rule of the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Supplement: Detection and Avoidance of Counterfeit ...
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15
Aug
2020
Damir Akhoundov

How to Spot a Counterfeit - When Minimum Testing Isn’t Enoug...
Many of the parts submitted to ERAI are reported after failing an external visual inspection, remarking and resurfacing testing or AC/DC electrical te...
12
Aug
2020
Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

The President of America Techma and Employee Arrested in All...
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, Audrey Strauss, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and J...
28
May
2020
Damir Akhoundov

2019 ERAI Reported Parts Statistics
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. companies involved in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, announced tha...
06
Apr
2020

FBI Anticipates Rise in Business Email Compromise Schemes Re...
Fraudsters will take advantage of any opportunity to steal your money, personal information, or both. Right now, they are using the uncertainty surrou...
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06
Feb
2020

New InterCEPT Counterfeit Part Identification Class and Cert...
TM-03: Counterfeit Inspection and Testing of Electronic Parts: XRF, Radiography, Decapsulation and Criteria for Acceptance or Rejection
28
Jan
2020
Kristal Snider

Search Warrant Served Against Distributor that Shipped Count...
On December 17, 2019, a search and seizure warrant was served at the California home of George Attar a/k/a Emad Al Attar, the CEO of Vizocom ICT LLC, ...
10
Oct
2019

Business Email Compromise The $26 Billion Scam

This Public Service Announcement is an update and companion piece to Business Email Compromise PSA 1-071218-PSA posted on www.ic3.gov. This PSA includ...
06
Sep
2019
Mary Dunham

Navigating Around the Supplier Selection Land Mine
While there are dangers from untrained staff, substandard and counterfeit parts, and supply chain disruptions, arguably the most dangerous land mine i...
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22
Aug
2019
Kristal Snider

New InterCEPT Certification Programs

InterCEPT has developed two new certification programs designed for individual students in the electronics industry who want to take an extra step to ...
02
Aug
2019
Kristal Snider

Evaluating Risk - The Aftermath of the Rogelio Vasquez Convi...
On May 30, 2019, Rogelio Vasquez, aka “James Harrison”, owner of PRB Logics Corporation, was sentenced to 46 months in a federal prison after pleading...
18
Jun
2019
Kristal Snider

Fraud Alert- High Risk Websites That Take Your Money and Run
This message is a warning to any organization involved in the purchase of electronic components. ERAI has identified numerous websites run by maliciou...
31
May
2019
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Rogelio Vasquez Sentenced to 46 Months’ Incarceration
Rogelio Vasquez, aka “James Harrison”, owner of PRB Logics Corporation, has been sentenced to 46 months in a federal prison after pleading guilty to t...
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20
May
2019
Kristal Snider

OEM and CM Buyers Targeted in US Based Bait-And-Switch Schem...
This message is a warning to any organization involved in the purchase of electronic components. A man by the name of Nick Martin has created, and/or...
02
May
2019
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Supplier Selection, Choosing Wisely

In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Harrison Ford’s character is forced by a Nazi cooperator to find the Holy Grail to save his father fr...
05
Mar
2019
Anne-Liese Heinichen

TM-04 Counterfeit Inspection and Testing of Electronic Parts...
A new class has been added to InterCEPT’s suite of counterfeit inspection and testing of electronic parts study course. TM-04 provides an in-depth dis...
12
Feb
2019
Kristal Snider

Fraud Alert- High Risk Websites That Take Your Money and Run...
This message is a warning to any organization involved in the purchase of electronic components. ERAI has identified numerous websites run by maliciou...
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24
Jan
2019
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Independent Distributor Pleads Guilty to Supplying Counterfe...
Independent distributor Rogelio Vasquez, aka Roger Vasquez aka James Harrison, pleaded guilty on December 27, 2018 to knowingly supplying counterfeit ...
14
Nov
2018
Anne-Liese Heinichen

ERAI Adds New Alert Type - Cybersecurity Risk Alerts
In recent months, ERAI has noted an increase in unsolicited emails that contain malicious software attachments. Malicious software, or “malware”, can ...
09
Aug
2018
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Clarifications and Additions to United States Trade Represen...
As a response to China’s “unfair” trade practices related to the transfer of American intellectual property and technology, a 25% tariff went into eff...
11
Jul
2018

SAE Releases "A" Revision to AS6171 Slash Sheet 2

On October 30, 2016, SAE International released aerospace standard AS6171 in order to standardize "inspection and test procedures, workmanship criteri...
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18
Jun
2018
Kristal Snider

The Battle Continues Against Unregulated E-Waste

In the Q2-2016 edition of INSIGHT, readers were encouraged to become familiar with and support H.R. 5579, the Secure-E-waste Export Recycling Act (SEE...
14
Jun
2018
Damir Akhoundov

2017 ERAI Reported Parts Analysis
ERAI reported a total of 771 suspect counterfeit and nonconforming parts in 2017, which shows a marked decline from the last several years, despite an...
02
May
2018
Kristal Snider

New InterCEPT Classes Launched
InterCEPT has launched two new classes to supplement your organization’s training requirements. Each class features handouts of the course material, q...
19
Feb
2018
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Is Your Organization Prepared for a Supply Disruption?

In March 2011, the Fukushima disaster resulted in global supply disruptions of silicon wafers, automotive parts and other electronic assemblies. In ...
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14
Feb
2018
Kristal Snider

Use Caution to Avoid Counterfeit Nichia Laser Diode Products
Nichia Corporation published a press release alerting customers a “large number” of counterfeit Nichia laser diode products have entered the supply ch...
09
Feb
2018
Mark Snider & Anne-Liese Heinichen

Do Cloned Parts Exist in the Market?

Let’s start with the definition of a cloned part. SAE Aerospace Standard AS6171 Test Methods Standard; General Requirements, Suspect/Counterfeit, Ele...
20
Dec
2017
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Florida Distributors to be Imprisoned for IEEPA Violations
In October of 2016, Ali Caby, Arash Caby and Marjan Caby were charged with exporting prohibited articles to Syria. Through their Miami-based company,...
04
Dec
2017
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Enhancing Your Supplier Verification Process
With the release of DFARS 252.246.7008, supplier qualification requirements remain front and center in the US Government’s efforts to prevent counterf...
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07
Nov
2017
Anne-Liese Heinichen

U.S. Navy Enhances Counterfeit Risk Mitigation for Weapon Sy...
In June, the U.S. Department of the Navy released the "Counterfeit Materiel Process Guidebook, Guidelines for Mitigating the Risk of Counterfeit Mater...
27
Oct
2017
Kristal Snider

Don’t Get Scammed by Components-Center.com
This message is a warning to any organization involved in the purchase of electronic components. There is a website, www.components-center.com, being...
18
Oct
2017
Anne-Liese Heinichen

How To Spot A Counterfeit Part- The Counterfeit Determinatio...
While most government and private organizations can agree upon the definition of a counterfeit part, how, who and when to label a part as counterfeit ...
06
Oct
2017
Kristal Snider

Florida Independent Distributors Plead Guilty to Exporting P...
Ali Caby, aka “Alex Caby”, Arash Caby, aka “Axel Caby”, and Marjan Caby plead guilty to conspiracy to (1) export goods from the United States to Syria...
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04
Aug
2017
Kristal Snider

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Exporting Radiation-Har...
Peter Zuccarelli entered a guilty plea on Thursday for his role in illegally exporting sophisticated ICs to China and Russia.
03
Aug
2017
Kristal Snider

SAE AS6171 Improves Identification of Suspect Counterfeit EE...
Earlier this month, Advanced Component Testing, an independent electronic component test lab, performed a gap analysis between AS6171 and AS6081 to de...
19
Apr
2017
Kristal Snider

Legislation Tackling Counterfeit Parts in the Defense Supply...
On December 23, 2016, S.2943 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 was signed into law (Public Law No: 114-328). Section 815 revise...
12
Apr
2017
Kristal Snider

NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017 Addresses Counterf...
On March 21, 2017, surrounded by an astronaut and legislators, President Trump signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Au...
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03
Apr
2017
Kristal Snider

Webinar - Should Your Organization Be Concerned About DFARS ...
If your organization is currently faced with obsolescence and counterfeit detection and avoidance challenges, and are unaware of the recent DFARS ann...
29
Mar
2017
Kristal Snider

NJMET Ordered to Pay $3.76 Million Dollars in Damages for Br...
What started as a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspect unapproved part investigation into substandard transistors used in Boeing 737 antiskid...
03
Mar
2017
Kristal Snider

Florida Independent Distributors Arrested and Charged with E...
Owners and employees of AW-Tronics, LLC, a Florida-based independent distributor, have been arrested and charged with exporting prohibited articles to...
09
Feb
2017
Kristal Snider

Free Webinar- Introduction to ESD - Feb 14 or Feb 16, 2017
Do You Know: What ESD is? Why ESD can be dangerous for your products? Types of ESD device damage? How much money ESD damage can cost your business? ...
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07
Feb
2017
Kristal Snider

China Remains the Primary Source Economy for Counterfeit Act...
A record number of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) violations were reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Cu...
07
Dec
2016
Damir Akhoundov

Cyber Threats in Every Day Life
Everyone is on the lookout for computer viruses and different malware these days. They can make your computer become slow or unresponsive, trigger spa...
17
Nov
2016
Christopher Paris

Latest AS9100 standard brings counterfeit part control to ae...
The aerospace standards AS9100, AS9110 and AS9120 aim to establish minimum baselines for quality management systems for manufacturers, repair stations...
10
Nov
2016
Anne-Liese Heinichen

SAE International Publishes Revision B of AS5553 and ARP6328
On September 12, 2016, SAE International published Revision B of Aerospace Standard AS5553 Counterfeit Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (...
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01
Nov
2016
Anne-Liese Heinichen

SAE AS6171 (Test Methods Standard; General Requirements, Sus...
SAE International has just published AS6171 – Test Methods Standard; General Requirements, Suspect/Counterfeit, Electrical, Electronic and Electromech...
24
Oct
2016
Bob Bodemuller, Lockheed Martin Missiles and & Fire Control (MFC)

DFARS – The Continuing Journey
Since the original passage of Section 818 in the 2012 NDAA we have all been on the counterfeit mitigation/avoidance roller coaster. First the law was ...
19
Oct
2016
Kristal Snider

Cyber Crime, Your Bank Accounts, and Your Insurance

Nearly half of all business owners carry some form of cyber insurance but small businesses lag behind, largely because they don’t see themselves as vu...
13
Oct
2016
Anne-Liese Heinichen

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Retired General Keith Alexander who served as Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of the United States Cyber Command referred to cy...
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07
Oct
2016
Kristal Snider

Cyber Crime Victim Sues Insurance Provider for Denying $480,...
AFGlobal Corporation, a Texas based AS9100 certified manufacturer servicing the aerospace market, is battling their insurance company in a Texas distr...
13
Sep
2016
Kristal Snider

Newly Revised Counterfeit Avoidance Standard SAE AS5553 B al...
In November 2007, the G-19 Counterfeit Electronic Components Committee was chartered by SAE Aerospace to develop the first industry standard to specif...
26
Jul
2016
Kristal Snider

Counterfeits and E-Waste – Your Voice Matters – Sign this Pe...
The federal government and the defense industry are enacting new policies and practices to prevent the introduction of counterfeit components into sup...
25
Jul
2016
Anne-Liese Heinichen

ERAI Offers Enhanced High Risk and Suspect Counterfeit Parts...
At ERAI, we are constantly evolving and finding ways to better serve our Members. We have expanded the data that is presented to you in our High Ris...
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22
Jul
2016
Kristal Snider

US Senate designates July as anti-counterfeiting awareness m...
The US Senate has passed a resolution designating July as an anti-counterfeiting consumer awareness month.
18
Jul
2016
Kristal Snider

Unregulated E-Waste Keeps the Counterfeiters’ Funnel Full
It is 2016: fifteen years since China was admitted to the WTO and the first counterfeit part was reported to ERAI; a decade since ERAI’s President m...
11
Jul
2016
Kristal Snider

Authentic Parts Classified as Counterfeit and Seized by CBP ...
For more than a year, beginning in January 2014, a distributor in the U.S. placed eleven (11) orders for more than 16,000 pieces of Texas Instrument...
16
Jun
2016
Kristal Snider

SELLER BEWARE – Crime Ring Investigation Continues
ERAI is investigating what is believed to be a crime ring operating in the Los Angeles, CA and Las Vegas, NV areas. There is evidence to suggest the i...
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14
Jun
2016

Business E-mail Compromise-The 3.1 Billion Dollar Scam

This Public Service Announcement (PSA) is an update to the Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) information provided in Public Service Announcements (PSA)...
21
Apr
2016
Kristal Snider

Creative Electron Acquires FocalSpot
Creative Electron, Inc., a leading American manufacturer of x-ray inspection systems announced today the acquisition of the legacy MXI service busines...
18
Apr
2016
Kristal Snider

Chinese Chip Distributor Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Steal an...
On December 10, 2015 three Chinese nationals (DAOFU ZHANG, 40; JIANG GUANGHOU YAN, also known as “Ben,” 33; and XIANFENG ZUO, 37) were arrested on fed...
16
Apr
2016
Kristal Snider

Refurbished vs. Remarked - A Disturbing Trend

Refurbished parts are defined as “parts that have been renovated in an effort to restore them to a ‘like new’ condition, e.g., leaded parts may have h...
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11
Apr
2016
Kristal Snider

Educational and Networking Opportunity
Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials Technical Symposium and Expo: June 28-30, 2016 Workshops: June 30, 2016 Marriott Inn & Confere...
01
Apr
2016
Howard A. Miller

What smaller organizations can learn from the Target data br...
In speaking with a number of companies regarding the potential risks of a data breach or unauthorized access, a common response is that we are not on ...
11
Mar
2016
Anne-Liese Heinichen

The Standards Development Process

As many of you know, ERAI staff is involved in the industry standards development process, specifically through SAE International. As a whole, SAE sta...
04
Mar
2016

President Of Aviation Parts Company Arrested For Fraudulentl...
On February 29, 2016, Paul Skiscim, President of Aerospec, Inc., was arrested on federal charges of supplying defective airplane parts to the federal ...
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12
Feb
2016
Anne-Liese Heinichen

DOD Needs to Improve Reporting and Oversight to Reduce Suppl...
This report by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) examines the use and effectiveness of GIDEP with regard to counterfeit part re...
05
Feb
2016
Kristal Snider

NEW Data Source Offered by ERAI Adds Additional Layer of Pro...
Since 2001 ERAI has been collecting and storing data on nonconforming and suspect counterfeit parts.  This searchable high risk and suspect counterfei...
22
Jan
2016

Chip Broker Sentenced After Supplying Falsely Remarked Compu...
On January 21, 2016, Warga was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three years of probation and was ordered to pay a $10,0...
11
Jan
2016
Howard A. Miller, L/B/W Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.

Risk Management and Insurance Review Tips for 2016
Being adaptable is the key to survival. Your ability to review and adapt to changing and emerging threats is critical to your long term success. The w...
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04
Jan
2016
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Report Goods Damaged by CBP

A U.S.-based distributor placed an order with an international supplier for goods that were subsequently inspected by U.S. Customs and Border Protecti...
28
Dec
2015
Robert S. Metzger, Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, PC

Avoiding Counterfeit Electronic Parts. How DoD’s Proposed Ru...
On September 21, 2015, DoD published a Proposed Rule to modify its existing regulations on detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts. 80...
14
Dec
2015

Chinese Nationals, (Doing Business as HK Potential), Have Be...
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that three Chinese nationals have been arrested on federal cr...
10
Dec
2015
Kristal Snider

Jeff Krantz Avoids Jail Term

On July 28, 2015, after an extensive, multi-year investigation involving the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) and the U.S. Department of ...
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04
Dec
2015
Kristal Snider

Co-Owner and Vice President of AFM Microelectronics Inc. Arr...
Since 1990 the United States has maintained an arms embargo against the People's Republic of China (PRC) that prohibits the export, re-export, or tran...
20
Nov
2015
Robert S. Metzger

Avoiding Counterfeit Electronic Parts- How DoD’s Proposed Ru...
On September 21, 2015, DoD published a Proposed Rule to modify its existing regulations on detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts. 80...
12
Nov
2015
Kristal Snider

DoD Casts A Wide Net To Catch Counterfeit Parts; DFARS Case ...
In the last few years there has been a flurry of legislative activity relative to counterfeit electronic parts in the DoD supply chain. In 2007 concer...
06
Nov
2015
Timothy Woodcome, Director, NQA, USA

ISO 9001:2015, AS 5553, & AS 6081
ISO 9001:2015 was officially published on September 15, 2015. With this release come several significant changes that may affect organizations who als...
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27
Oct
2015
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Survey Results are in - Lack of Communication and Trust Nega...
At this year’s ERAI Executive Conference, Jorge Garcia, Deputy Assistant Director, Trade and Assistant Director, Enforcement, Electronics Center of Ex...
26
Oct
2015

Three Defendants Convicted of Conspiring to Illegally Export...
Earlier today, after a month-long trial, Alexander Posobilov, Shavkat Abdullaev and Anastasia Diatlova were convicted of all counts, including conspir...
09
Oct
2015
Damir Akhoundov

ERAI Counterfeit Photo Library

Over a year ago, ERAI compiled a library of photographs and a search engine to enable Members to locate images of specific part non-conformances speci...
06
Oct
2015

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Traff...
A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for importing thousands of counterfeit integrated circuits (ICs) from China and Hong Ko...
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29
Sep
2015
Kristal Snider

Customs Seized Goods: Who is Responsible for Release Payment...
When goods are seized by Customs, is the Supplier entitled to payment or is the Buyer within its right to cancel the order and refuse payment?
12
Sep
2015
Kristal Snider

Dual Russian-American Citizen Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to...
Originally charged in October 2012 along with 10 accomplices, Alexander Fishenko pleaded guilty on September 9, 2015 in New York to conspiring and ill...
30
Jul
2015

Supplier and Counterfeit Risk Management and Your Legacy ERP
How old is your ERP? This is an important question, because a lot of people are using painfully obsolete systems. And I don’t just mean “Windows ...
29
Jul
2015
Kristal Snider

New York Man Admits Supplying Falsely Remarked Computer Chip...
On Tuesday July 28, 2015 the Department of Justice announced that Jeff Krantz, the former CEO of Harry Krantz LLC, entered a guilty plea to supplying ...
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27
Jul
2015
Anne-Liese Heinichen

My goods were seized by US Customs...Is it OK to “do nothing...
When US Customs detains your shipment, not receiving your goods may be the least of your problems.
20
Jun
2015
Howard A. Miller

Evolving Liability for Electronic Component Distributors and...
In an effort to protect customers and end users, leadership in the electronic component industry has evolved from putting parts into the supply chain ...
13
Jun
2015
Kristal Snider

Information and Collaboration Reduce Risk

From its foundation ERAI has had one goal and that is to provide a platform for our Members to openly share information for the betterment of our enti...
03
Jun
2015
Mary Dunham

Check Fraud – Who is Liable for a Fake Forged Check?
You may be surprised to learn that depending on the circumstances and your state’s laws, the person who cashes or deposits the fraudulent check may be...
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Counterfeit Mitigation Training

InterCEPT has online classes centered on counterfeit mitigation for all employees in your organization.
26
May
2015
Kristal Snider

Chip Supplier Pleads Diminished Capacity to Avoid Imprisonme...
Peter Picone pleaded guilty to Count Two of eight-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to intentionally traffic in counterfeit military goods...
19
May
2015
Kristal Snider

Fake Check Scam Impacting Supply Chain
ERAI recently reported a case in which an ERAI Member’s identity was used in a scheme to defraud several law firms in Florida and Texas resulting i...
07
Mar
2015
Anne-Liese Heinichen

We Threw Military Electronics in the Trash – China Sold Them...
Learn how e-waste threatens the US Military and how more stringent waste and recycling policies can reduce the threat posed by counterfeit electronics...
20
Feb
2015
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Business Email Compromise (BEC) on the Rise - ERAI Members' ...
ERAI has recently reported multiple cases of suppliers' emails being hijacked or infiltrated resulting in multiple Buyers losing over $35,000.00 in ju...
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Report a Part

Government and industry recognize the significance of information sharing. Reporting to ERAI is easy, free and open to any organization in the global supply chain.
19
Feb
2015
Kristal Snider

Free Webinar - Counterfeit Parts Avoidance - Part II
Counterfeit parts within the government supply chain are a growing concern. Join us for a Safety and Mission Assurance Discussion Forum on March 3 at ...
11
Feb
2015
Anne-Liese Heinichen

House Passes H.R. 810
House Passes H.R. 810 which revises counterfeit parts detection and avoidance requirements contained in NASA's supplement to the FAR. On February 10,...
17
Jan
2015
Anne-Liese Heinichen

The Global E-Waste Monitor

Why you should read it: While many reports have cited the impact that e-waste has on the environment, people and children who mishandle the waste an...
08
Jan
2015
Kristal Snider

Probe launched of Yaphank electronics supplier 1-Source Elec...
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20
Nov
2014
Anne-Liese Heinichen

Legal liability for counterfeits extends to online service p...
On November 4, 2014, the Turkish Supreme Court ruled that online service providers can be held liable for contributory infringement when they knowingl...
23
Oct
2014
Terry Lively

Tips for Online Verification of Suppliers
What are the dangers lurking behind a well-designed website or a friendly email? Unfortunately we don't always know until a problem causing irreversib...
20
Oct
2014
Anne-Liese Heinichen

New publication available from SAE- Counterfeit Electronic P...
Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Their Impact on Supply Chains examines how these items are negatively affecting the aviation, spacecraft, and defense...
25
Jul
2014
Kristal Snider & Mary Dunham, ERAI

Prosecuting Peter Picone - What resellers NEED to know
On April 24, 2012 federal agents searched the office of Epic International Electronics, Inc., a home based business owned and operated by Peter and Li...
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17
May
2014
Robert S. Metzger

Making the Best of the Final DFARS re Counterfeit Parts
Finally, on May 6, 2014 the Department of Defense published a "final rule" to implement Section 818 of the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act....
25
Apr
2014
Kristal Snider

Material Control - Doing the right thing can cost you
It has been well established that fraudulent, suspect counterfeit and counterfeit parts have no value and pose a serious threat to all sectors of the ...