Mustafa Abdul Aljaff, 32, has finally been sentenced after creating and selling counterfeit electronic components to our military and many commercial and medical companies as well. His company, MVP Micro, had many aka’s used to deceive their customers and suppliers. He has been sentenced to 30 months, a fine for restitution to the manufacturers of the products of $178,000, he will be on supervised release for three years following his term, and perform 250 hours of community service. This has been a long time in the making and it seems like a step in the right direction towards stopping the proliferation of counterfeits being sold into the market. Click here to see more on the topic.
Robb Hammond, founder and president of AERI (American Electronic Resource, Inc.). Founding member and former committee chair of the SAE AS6081 Standard created for the avoidance of counterfeit electronic components. Robb founded AERI in Costa Mesa, California, in 1994 as an independent distributor of hard-to-find, obsolete and allocated electronic components. AERI is AS9120B, ISO 9001:2015 and AS6081 certified, tests to AS6171 standards, and inspects every part in its in-house QC lab before it ships. Robb writes about electronic component shortages, sourcing strategy and counterfeit avoidance.
