A news release said 31-year-old Mateen Mohammad Alinaghian imported about 2,500 counterfeit airbags, selling them to people around Raleigh online by using Facebook Marketplace. He did so between May ...

Photos show counterfeit airbags from the case where a Raleigh man pled guilty today to importing thousands of counterfeit car steering wheel airbags into the Raleigh area over the past two years. The ...

A Raleigh Department of Transportation engineer has pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit airbags, posing a significant safety risk to drivers. Mateen Alina-Ghian imported approximately 2,500 fake ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Drivers beware! A federal agency is warning that counterfeit airbags are being found at an alarming rate. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it has seized more ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A rise in counterfeit airbags has inspired a new campaign for consumers. The "Put the Brakes on Fakes" campaign from the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center ...

Two recent accidents involving Chinese-made airbag inflators are drawing attention from U.S. safety regulators, who warn that fake airbag components are making their way into local repair shops and ...

A Raleigh man has been sentenced to federal prison for about a year for selling hundreds of counterfeit air bags over Facebook marketplace, while he was working as a North Carolina Dept. of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Everything in a car is made to work together—that’s how they’re engineered. Replace one part and it could all change, especially when that part is counterfeit. It used to be ...