Some of the biggest fraudulent sales to date did not involve electronics items.

Land has grown so scarce that all over the city, walls are painted with the words "This land is not for sale" to discourage fraudulent sales.

Those evolved in the 1960s and 1970s to include fraudulent sales of worthless swampland real estate in Florida.

The long-distance company said its decision was based on numerous complaints about abusive and fraudulent sales practices.

Authorities estimate that $40 billion in fraudulent or deceptive sales are made each year in the United States.

It is separate from the broader investigation of the firm's fraudulent sales of about $8 billion of risky limited partnerships.

These "abandoned lands" are sometimes laundered through a series of fraudulent sales.

This has attracted fraudulent sales as well as theft.

"You're saying the fraudulent sales of the replicas never happened?"

Ms. Wong has also been charged with arson for allegedly setting the fire in August in order to destroy evidence of the fraudulent sales.