Yakima Co. man accused of selling bad airbags
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted a Yakima County businessman, alleging he sold thousands of counterfeit airbags online that were smuggled from China.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that Jason Jordan, of Moxee, turned himself in last week and remains free while the case works its way through U.S. District Court in Yakima.
According to the Oct. 10 indictment, Jordan is accused of importing counterfeit airbags and airbag parts from China and assembling them at his home, where his business was based. Authorities alleged he avoided customs inspections and violated numerous federal trademarks.
Jordan declined comment to the newspaper after a status hearing Friday.
Federal transportation officials issued a consumer safety advisory earlier this month warning that thousands of motorists may be driving vehicles with counterfeit airbags.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that Jason Jordan, of Moxee, turned himself in last week and remains free while the case works its way through U.S. District Court in Yakima.
According to the Oct. 10 indictment, Jordan is accused of importing counterfeit airbags and airbag parts from China and assembling them at his home, where his business was based. Authorities alleged he avoided customs inspections and violated numerous federal trademarks.
Jordan declined comment to the newspaper after a status hearing Friday.
Federal transportation officials issued a consumer safety advisory earlier this month warning that thousands of motorists may be driving vehicles with counterfeit airbags.
How could this guy sleep at night???? And I'm sure I'll get slapped for this but...as usual when it pertains to something fake coming in it's coming in from China. Oh and the point about violating federal trademarks? WHO CARES ABOUT THAT! We're talking about peoples' lives!!!!
Use him as a "Crash Dummie" in a car equipped with his airbags.
The Great American Sell out!
Someday we may wake up and realize just how morally bankrupt China's business sector is and stop doing all our business with it. Let alone a totalitarian government. We have not sold 1.3 billion people an endless stream of American stuff, but we have been sold everything from tainted baby formula to prison labor made knock offs and where do you think Mexican super labs are getting their tons of pseudo-ephedrine from for meth cooking?Â