Fake music instrument bust nets $18M in bogus Gibson guitars at US border

LOS ANGELES (CNN, KCAL, KCBS, WPTV) – A massive multi-agency bust at the U.S. port has found $18 million in bogus Gibson guitars.

Federal authorities busted what is being called the largest fake music instrument scam ever.

U.S. customs agents seized 3,000 counterfeit Gibson electric guitars in a cargo container at the port of Los Angeles as part of a multi-agency sting.

Officials say the bogus guitars were likely ear-marked to sell to unsuspecting customers in online markets.

It’s not the strangest Gibson guitar grift on record – that honor still belongs to the Canadian man who stole an $8,000 Les Paul by shoving it down his pants.

Still, it is the most valuable to the tune of $18 million, the retail value of a similar haul of genuine Gibsons.

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