Article: DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLE IN COUNTERFEIT PIPE COUPLING SCHEME

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:

Hayden B. Greene, 32, of Tulsa, Okla., and James Robert Roy, 42, of Tomball, Texas, were sentenced today to 30 months and 15 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to manufacture and sell counterfeit pipe couplings.

Greene and Roy were each also sentenced to three years of supervised release following their respective prison terms and ordered to pay $10,901 in restitution, jointly and severally with their co-defendant. Greene and Roy each pleaded guilty on Aug. 12, 2009, before U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison in Houston to one count of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit ...

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