MP Company shipped fake Nike and Air Jordan shoes to US before raid found 25,396 pairs

MP Company, headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, built an export business manufacturing footwear bearing Nike and Air Jordan trademarks it was never licensed to use. From the start of 2026 until it was caught, the company shipped 11 containers of finished counterfeit shoes to the United States, declared at a combined value of more than VND25.46 billion (about $970,000).

The investigation began in June 2026 after Vietnam's Department of Domestic Market Management and Development received intelligence from US Homeland Security Investigations through an information-sharing arrangement. On 16 July 2026, the department — working with Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security and local police — raided MP Company's premises.

Inspectors found 25,396 pairs of finished counterfeit shoes bearing Nike and Air Jordan marks, valued at over VND12.3 billion ($470,000), plus 20,875 pairs of uppers and 10,800 pairs of soles still in production, worth another VND11.2 billion ($430,000). Nike stated it had never licensed or authorized MP Company or any associated entity to make or sell products under its trademarks. Authorities called it one of the largest and most complex IP infringement cases uncovered in Vietnam in recent years, spanning operations connected to the US, China and Vietnam.

The raid seized 25,396 finished pairs and production materials, totaling about $1.9M, because US-Vietnam intelligence sharing exposed the operation.

Exporting finished counterfeit goods to the same market whose customs agency polices trademark fraud (the US) invites exactly the cross-border intelligence-sharing that caught MP Company

Running production and export simultaneously meant the raid caught both finished inventory and the next batch mid-assembly, maximizing what authorities could seize in one action

A counterfeit operation at export scale — 11 containers already shipped — leaves a paper and shipping trail that a small-batch operation would not, making detection a matter of time rather than chance

Cross-border cooperation between US HSI and Vietnamese regulators closed the gap counterfeiters rely on: producing in one country to sell in another with no shared oversight

Operating at export scale — containers, declared customs values, a paper trail crossing three countries — turns a local counterfeit operation into a case agencies can build together

Vietnamese authorities seized the finished inventory and in-progress materials at MP Company's premises and opened a formal case, describing it as one of the largest IP infringement operations uncovered in Vietnam in recent years. Nike issued a public statement disclaiming any relationship with MP Company. The case added to a wider 2026 crackdown by Vietnam on counterfeit exports amid pressure from the US.