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The baby formula crime ring

52 点作者 ramgorur大约 7 年前

6 条评论

paulcole大约 7 年前
Forget about counterfeits, just imagine how much of the 3rd-party stuff sold on Amazon must be stolen.<p>Here in Portland there was a recent bust of a lego theft ring. You have to wonder how much of this ends up on Amazon or ebay:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.oregonlive.com&#x2F;portland&#x2F;index.ssf&#x2F;2018&#x2F;04&#x2F;se_portland_man_schemed_lego_t.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.oregonlive.com&#x2F;portland&#x2F;index.ssf&#x2F;2018&#x2F;04&#x2F;se_port...</a>
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nasredin大约 7 年前
Just a few manufacturers, consumers that don&#x27;t have choices, astronomical prices...<p>Where have I seen this before?!<p>I wish a proper writer wrote about this. The Times one is terrible.
nl大约 7 年前
I had assumed this was going to be something to do with the Chinese daigou buying agents in Australia.<p>I was stuck in a pharmacy the other night behind 7 Chinese guys, all buying 4 cans of formula each (the limit), all sharing the same card.<p>I don’t think that is illegal exactly, but wow it’s annoying.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sbs.com.au&#x2F;news&#x2F;australian-companies-still-need-chinese-daigou-buying-agents" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sbs.com.au&#x2F;news&#x2F;australian-companies-still-need-...</a>
ctack大约 7 年前
I found the way they basically had to entrap her in the end to be a bit disconcerting. To have one of her suppliers introduce her to an undercover agent who is acting as a dodgy supplier and then wait for her accept the deal of a lifetime.<p>It&#x27;s a staged deal and she accepts it. It&#x27;s like being found guilty of thought crime.
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mavelikara大约 7 年前
The linked article says this about Alicia Tondreau-Leve:<p><pre><code> When Dattadeen and Tondreau-Leve were still close, Tondreau-Leve often spoke to her of her anger at losing the home she and her husband had owned in Massachusetts — a stately four-bedroom Colonial on an acre of land. Visiting from Florida, while Alan was still living there, she found it so upsetting to be in the house, which she knew by then that they would lose, that she sometimes preferred to spend time in a rented R.V. Formula Mom became a means of redemption and reinvention. </code></pre> I found the following comment by Florida attorney general Pam Bondi disconcerting (Alicia Tondreau-Leve was sentenced to 20 years in prison):<p><pre><code> The Leves’ sentences struck me as severe, and I asked Pam Bondi, the Florida attorney general, if she agreed. “I wish she’d been locked up for as long as humanly possible for what she did,” she said of Tondreau-Leve. “Had she used her wits to start a legit business, she could have been incredibly successful — a true entrepreneur.” </code></pre> But if that were Pam Bondi&#x27;s wish, wonder why she offered a plea deal before the case went to trial:<p><pre><code> Before trial, the prosecutors presented a deal that would have meant much less prison time for Alicia and mere probation for Alan. </code></pre> Also, this is the same Pam Bondi who in 2013 [1]:<p><pre><code> Bondi has been criticized for election fundraising activities, including questions raised about contributions from Donald Trump and his associates. The Florida Attorney General&#x27;s office received at least 22 fraud complaints about Trump University. In 2013 a spokesperson for Bondi announced her office was considering joining a lawsuit initiated by New York&#x27;s Attorney General against Trump regarding tax fraud. Four days later &#x27;And Justice for All&#x27;, a PAC that supported Bondi&#x27;s re-election campaign received a $25,000 donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, after which Bondi declined to join the lawsuit against Trump University. </code></pre> [1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pam_Bondi#Controversies" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pam_Bondi#Controversies</a>
adamzk大约 7 年前
If the formula ingredients are so cheap why not just buy each of the components in bulk and mix your own? The components are all listed on the packaging and can&#x27;t be that difficult to obtain in bulk and good quality. The relative quantities I&#x27;m sure are proprietary but could easily be estimated from information available in pediatric nutritional literature (maybe paywalled but worth the investment).