counterfeit illegal way reward american citizenship could story american dream immigrant family build successful business buy four-bedroom house quiet neighborhood good school young son seem steep curve streets san diego rancho penasquitos.a 45-year-old chinese woman xu ting live brown shingle house weedy driveway sue counterfeit eight luxury brand include gucci louis vuitton owe chanel inc. 6.9 million damage none stop become legal permanent resident unite state achieve comfortable suburban life.china country counterfeit problem fake make china sell america counterfeit priority par drug smuggle money launder rarely prosecute crime lack legal cooperation china make easy counterfeiters move money beyond reach western law enforcement hard root counterfeit kingpins long counterfeiters stay jail hold profit consumers continue buy trade fake likely thrive.despite spend millions brand protection company often end play whack-a-mole shut producers distributors fake see pop xu ting simply refuse show court years instead graduate study statistics san diego state university help family amass least 890,000 bank account back china buy 585,000 rancho penasquitos house husband also involve sell counterfeit luxury goods public record court case china u.s. show million ways game system say dan plane intellectual property lawyer simone ip service hong kong involve litigation xu ting probably thing go stop pass away probably island resort somewhere get arrest find xu tingin web lie counterfeiters weave fake name fake address fake internet domain registrations one thing always true bank account information.the need get pay counterfeiter fatal flaw xu ting bank account first crack armor misdirection.her legal trouble begin 2008 federal judge california order xu ting decline multiple request comment story pay chanel inc. 6.9 million damage sell counterfeit online still pay damage accord chanel spokeswoman kathrin schurrer essential point chanel really shut counterfeit operations successfully schurrer write email.but lawsuit xu ting business continue grow.in 2009 florida judge rule xu ting shut seven websites accuse help run sell fake louis vuitton marc jacobs celine show court.that case stop either.the next year gucci balenciaga bottega veneta yves saint laurent brand belong france kering group file lawsuit new york federal court xu ting future husband young brother mother six others company say sell million worth fake handbags wallets online u.s. customers gucci allege group ship merchandise china house san diego repackaged pass genuine.four days suit file xu ting marry chinese man xu lijun civil engineer license california six years junior accord marriage license issue san diego suburb el cajon.gucci subpoena bank record jp morgan chase hand account record wealth information couple address date birth driver license social security passport number student identification card.in november 2010 xu lijun reach settlement gucci defendant deny wrongdoing agree let gucci keep 400,000 counterfeit proceed seize account outside china also agree pay 7,500 fine accord copy judge order.eric siegle new york city lawyer represent xu lijun say small-time nobody gucci lawsuit like many others fail tackle real power behind operation people arrest sue unite state low-level people siegle say find money go get heart problem like drug war arrest kid street corner gucci seek 12 million damage find money go chinese bank include state-run bank china refuse disclose transaction detail counterfeiters account china boc comply order without violate chinese law bank china say email green card problemxu ting legal trouble prevent get green card february 2014 become legal permanent resident virtue marry someone advance degree extraordinary ability accord person familiar matter.u.s citizenship immigration service spokesman christopher bentley decline comment cite privacy concerns.dan kowalski immigration attorney editor bender immigration bulletin say immigration officials may know xu ting legal problems likely consider disqualify ground deny green card range commit serious crime communicable disease nothing civil liabilities vague requirement good moral character commonly apply citizenship legal residence.in u.s. counterfeit prosecutions civil case bring company seek shut websites sell fake get financial compensation criminal case lawyers say far effective deterrent rare person likely strike lightning imprison counterfeit say geoffrey potter intellectual property lawyer new york patterson belknap webb tyler.in email justice department spokesman peter carr say large-scale commercial counterfeit one top enforcement priorities department intellectual property task force continue number significant prosecutions department homeland security seize 1.2 billion worth fake u.s. border last year justice department file 91 criminal case sell counterfeit goods service fiscal year 2014. comparison justice department file 22,530 case immigration violations 12,184 case drug-related offenses 12,509 violent crime case period.the national intellectual property right coordination center multiagency group lead immigration customs enforcement report slightly counterfeit-related crime 683 arrest 454 indictments 461 convictions 2014 fiscal year tally include local prosecutions counterfeit-related activity like wire fraud.decisions whether prosecute criminally typically start u.s. attorney office whose priorities vary district say bruce foucart director multiagency group may give weight volume fake goods others suspect history u.s. attorney office decline case investigators try persuade local prosecutors.china large source country seize counterfeit goods apparel accessories large category merchandise foucart know xu ting say luxury goods typically make guangzhou send container courier like fedex u.s. may sell store flea market usually hawk online unfortunately shut one website 10 ready open different name say foucart.brand owners also bear responsibility government agencies often rely tip investigative legwork.u.s law give company broad power enforce court judgments unpaid judgments accrue interest last 20 years say potter intellectual property lawyer even bankruptcy erase debt counterfeiter business buy house bank account borrow money bank potter say counterfeiter take regular job judgment holder garnish wag kind work require root debtors like xu ting public record search see whether real estate subpoena credit card bill track spend habit hire investigators determine whether job take relentless commitment money.via ap chinese immigrant owe millions sell counterfeit goods u.s. get protection chinese bank u.s. citizenship