It was egg-on-the-face time for the US government after it was revealed that they’d spend $3.5 million on more than 3,500 pieces of pirated Cisco hardware. The items were branded Cisco but hadn’t been made by them. After it was discovered that the parts were fake, the FBI launched Operation Cisco Raider to bring the criminals behind the operation to justice.
They certainly succeeded, obtaining 10 convictions and a total of $1.7 million in fines, much to the gratification of Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher, who said:
