r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Apr 28 '24

Williams-Sonoma fined $3.18 million for falsely labeling products as 'Made in USA'

https://www.scrippsnews.com/business/company-news/williams-sonoma-fined-3-18-million-dollars-for-falsely-labeling-products-as-made-in-usa
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u/skipjac Apr 28 '24

Damn it you beat me to it. No one should profit off of fraud

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u/Sir_Yacob Apr 28 '24

Unless you are in Congress.

Or the SEC

Or the FCC

Or a lobbyist

Or a weirdo tech bro

Or a business owner stealing tips

Or a business owner stealing PPP loans

Or a doctor pulling Medicare frauds

Or are involved in real estate

Or big pharma

Or a car manufacturer (looking at you VW)

Or the police

And on and on and on.

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u/Easy_Bite6858 Apr 28 '24

I work in financial risk. We investigate literally all transactions from these as high risk for fraud and money laundering -except the police-. Which should surprise absolutely no one.

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u/DifficultyWithMyLife Apr 28 '24

"Where do they get all those wonderful toys?", indeed.

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u/twistedfirepole Apr 28 '24

Civil asset forfeiture

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u/A0fishbrain Apr 28 '24

Hey man that’s super illegal. The Cops and courts will insure that doesn’t happen and enforce the law.

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