The chief executive of an industrial supply company in Brooklyn pleaded guilty on Wednesday to selling counterfeit spare parts for subway cars and buses to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, prosecutors said.
The businessman, Joseph Ungar, 47, of Brooklyn, was accused of passing off less expensive knockoffs as the products of standard ball-bearing manufacturers.
Prosecutors said he also created an elaborate web of deception to support his activities, even assuming the identity of a dead businessman on the telephone and in writing.
Product Model | Inside Diameter | Outside Diameter | Thickness |
7201DB KOYO | 12 | 32 | 20 |
7001CDB KOYO | 12 | 28 | 16 |