Kan. man sentenced for selling fake computers

? A northeastern Kansas man will spend 27 months in federal prison for selling $1 million worth of counterfeit Cisco computer equipment.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says 29-year-old Timothy Weatherly was sentenced Monday in court in Kansas City, Kan. He pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and making false statements to smuggle them into the U.S.

Weatherly admitted operating a business called Deals Direct Inc. from his home in Overland Park and a warehouse in Merriam. Prosecutors say that in 2005 and 2006, the company imported computer equipment from China and put counterfeit Cisco labels on it, then put it in Cisco boxes with counterfeit manuals.

A co-defendant was sentenced earlier this year to 33 months in prison.