Have you heard the one about the two crooks (plead guilty) that got busted for smuggling $69M in counterfeit nikes into the U.S.? No? According to the Arizona Daily Star they got caught last summer with 135,000 pairs of shoes.

There is no dispute on the 135K pair of shoes.

Authorities seized 78 sea cargo containers packed with counterfeit goods worth more than $69 million.

Uh, OK, can you spot the problem with this quote from the Arizona Daily Star article? Figured it out yet? Here, take a look at this:
Counterfeit Shoe Average Illustration

So, how is it that these Nike’s were valued to be $511 per pair; am I missing something?

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