Originally Posted by gregorygrady
Just out of curiousity, has anybody here gotton caught with pirated goods and had it confiscated when returning to the US? If you prefer to not post it publically on this thread, a PM would be appreciated.
yes, one of my colleagues got nailed at pdx last year. although he was definitely not trying to smuggle anything (REALLY likes shopping), he had three of the largest suitcases i have ever stuffed with purses, ties, watches, dvds, you name it.
we was fined a hefty sum, which he got reduced (maybe even to zero well after the fact, iirc), and a lot of his merchandise was siezed. however, they did let him keep at least one item in each product category.
as another part of his punishment, he will get searched every time he enters the US for 5 years. consequently, he is a mailer now.