Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The TSA caused controversy by seizing a woman’s expensive bottle of perfume because it is shaped like a grenade, Fox News reports. Country music promoter Lois Lewis was stopped by TSA agents and then investigated after after trying to bring her 2-ounce bottle of Jimmy Choo perfume in her carryon at Phoenix’s…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Something doesn’t smell right. So says the FBI, which reports an increase in the sale of counterfeit cosmetics and fragrances. According to the agency’s recent blog, more people are being scammed with phony cosmetics and counterfeit fragrances that are being shipped into the U.S. That’s especially dangerous because phony cosmetics may contain…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Apparently the feds wanted to make a big stink out this case. Two men from China — Shaoxiong Zhou, 42, and Shaoxia Huang, 33 — have pleaded guilty U.S. District Court in Brooklyn — to trafficking in counterfeit perfume. Zhou pleaded guilty Friday. His co-defendant pleaded on Aug. 3. Authorities said…
