New twist in a Russian cell phone caper

Iria · Oct 24, 2006, 04:24 PM

Source: News.com
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MOSCOW--The tale of the 167,000 Motorola cell phones took another turn on Monday.

In the first chapter seven months ago, the Interior Ministry seized the phones at a Moscow airport. The ministry said first that the phones were counterfeit, then contraband and then a health hazard. A month later, government officials, with Russian news media cameras flashing, fed thousands of the phones into a chipping machine.

But in the latest chapter, Moscow prosecutors say they are investigating whether 30,000 handsets that were supposedly destroyed were, in fact, sold at knockdown prices in stores in the Russian provinces.

Oct 24, 2006, 04:24 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	New twist in a Russian cell phone caper Source: News.com _______ MOSCOW--The tale of the 167,000 Motorola cell phones took another turn on Monday. In the first chapter seven months ago, the Interior Ministry seized the phones at a Moscow airport. The ministry said first that the phones were counterfeit, then contraband and then a health hazard. A month later, government officials, with Russian news media cameras flashing, fed thousands of the phones into a chipping machine. But in the latest chapter, Moscow prosecutors say they are investigating whether 30,000 handsets that were supposedly destroyed were, in fact, sold at knockdown prices in stores in the Russian provinces.