Derry business owner accused of dealing counterfeit computer parts

By James A. Kimble
Staff writer

May 08, 2008 05:55 am

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CONCORD — The president of a Derry computer services company faces federal mail fraud charges after being accused of buying and selling counterfeit Cisco Inc. computer parts.

Raymond Marcoux was released on bail by a federal judge Tuesday after making his first court appearance on the mail fraud charges.

The investigation of Marcoux's business, Innovative Computer Services LLC, began in March when federal agents raided an Orange County, Calif., business that supplied him with fake Cisco computer parts, according to a federal affidavit.

Invoices found in California led federal agents to the Derry business, the affidavit said. Marcoux's business is at 238 Rockingham Road.

Marcoux is accused of buying $72,144 in bogus computer parts between January 2007 and March 2008, according to David Asbury, an agent with the Department of Homeland Security.

After a man from the California business was arrested, Marcoux allegedly solicited another employee to buy whatever Cisco-labeled computer parts had not been found by federal agents during the raid.

Federal agents secretly recorded the phone call between the worker and Marcoux, who allegedly set the terms of buying and reselling the counterfeit parts.

"I didn't want to see that stuff just sit there going for naught," Marcoux told the employee, according to the affidavit. Marcoux placed one of his last orders May 1 before agents sought a warrant for his arrest Monday.

Prosecutors said the counterfeit Cisco parts are commonly made in China and sold in the United States.