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Gloria Oladipo in New York

Pro-Trump brand fined for using fake ‘Made in USA’ labels

The company and its owner, Sean Whalen, have been ordered to pay $212,335 in fines on 28 July and stop producing apparel with the fake tags.
The company and its owner, Sean Whalen, have been ordered to pay $212,335 in fines on 28 July and stop producing apparel with the fake tags. Photograph: Wachirawit Iemlerkchai/Getty Images/EyeEm

A pro-Donald Trump brand was fined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for using fake “Made in USA” labels on items that were imported from other countries.

The Utah-based apparel company Lions Not Sheep was first cited by the FTC in May for replacing “Made in China” tags on their clothing with bogus “Made in USA” labels.

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