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ZF, PPF and APSF have been raided

Avxza

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Hi, guys, as the title suggests. The ZF, PPF and APSF factories have been raided.
ZF is the factory mainly known for Tudor (BlackBays & Pelagos) + Patek.
PPF is the factory mainly known for Pateks. APSF is the factory mainly known for AP.

To release stock, the authorities charge between $500,000 and $1 million.
 
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Is this from a reliable source or just a rumor?
It sounds a bit strange that the authorities have set a price to release a bunch of counterfeit goods?
 
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Avxza

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This comes from a copy and paste extracted from Telegram channels, consider these rumors for now.
I wanted to extract it here to talk about it in case it's true...


For the "ransom" demand it wouldn't be shocking, in any case there's so much money at stake with the production and sale of his watches.
When it comes to pricing, for circulation a set of counterfeit products. I don't know about that, but it represents so much money that it wouldn't be shocking to ask for a price fixing against the release of a stock...
 

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Pika Factory has also been raided but that sleazy yellow owner bribed the officers with croissants and Angelina chocolate drinks
In this case the R stands for Rocket as opposed to Rolex.

90s team rocket GIF


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Just spoke with on contact on location. APSF is not raided. This was confirmed 10 minutes ago. The others are possible, one of which "raid" could be too strong of a word.
 

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ZF has NOT been raided. A main person who delivers (distribution) has been identified and followed, so ZF is purposely slowing down shipping.

This is confirmed, once again, by on location contacts.

This thread at this point is very misleading. Seems Reddit strikes again.