U.S. Customs and Border Protection proudly announced in a press liberate on Friday a seizure of two,000 boxes of “fraudulent” Apple AirPods, acknowledged to be worth about $400,000, from a shipment at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
But the photos in the click liberate appear to verbalize boxes of OnePlus Buds, the wireless earphones made by smartphone maker OnePlus, and now not Apple AirPods as CBP had claimed.
Here’s CBP’s photograph of the allegedly fraudulent items:
And right here is what a field of OnePlus Buds appears like:
We reached out to OnePlus and CBP but did now not hear help.
In step with the click liberate: “The interception of these fraudulent earbuds is an prompt reflection of the vigilance and dedication to mission success by our CBP Officers on each day foundation,” acknowledged Troy Miller, director of CBP’s New York Discipline Operations.
If entirely it used to be.
