--- title: Eonpass Blog & News | Thomas Rossi description: Founder & CEO of Eonpass. Designed the EU's blockchain-based anti-counterfeiting architecture (EUIPO, 2022). Ph.D., Politecnico di Milano. Writes about brand protection, counterfeit intelligence, and the economics of IP enforcement. --- [![logo-std@4x-100](https://eonpass.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-std@4x-100.jpg?width=170&height=49&name=logo-std@4x-100.jpg)](https://eonpass.com) - [Home](https://eonpass.com) - [About](https://eonpass.com/about) - [Blog](https://eonpass.com/blog) - [Industries](https://eonpass.com/industries) - [Automotive](https://eonpass.com/industries/automotive) - [Heritage Sportswear](https://eonpass.com/industries/sportswear) - [Leisure Footwear](https://eonpass.com/industries/footwear) - [Pharmaceuticals](https://eonpass.com/industries/pharma) [Get Started](https://eonpass.com/get-started) AUTHOR # Thomas Rossi Founder & CEO of Eonpass. Designed the EU's blockchain-based anti-counterfeiting architecture (EUIPO, 2022). Ph.D., Politecnico di Milano. Writes about brand protection, counterfeit intelligence, and the economics of IP enforcement. [Follow me on my website](https://eonpass.com) [Follow me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasr0ssi/) ## Stories by Thomas --- ### [Thieves Stole Two Nvidia Trailers and Got 40,000 Pounds of Sand](https://eonpass.com/blog/nvidia-trailers-stolen-sand-cargo-theft) Thieves took two Nvidia-branded PlusAI trailers in Fremont and found 40,000 pounds of test sand. What the livery told them, and how the theft came to... Thomas Rossi Sep 28, 2026 ### [One F-35 Canopy, Three Legal Systems](https://eonpass.com/blog/f35-canopy-hong-kong-three-legal-systems) F-35 parts bound from Australia to the US for repair ended up in Hong Kong. How one crate crossed three export-control regimes, and which records can... Thomas Rossi Sep 23, 2026 ### [The Counterfeit Was Called Blue 365 Cream](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-k-beauty-images-test-purchases) A counterfeit Aestura cream sold on Coupang under a different name. When the listing text belongs to the counterfeiter, images and test purchases are... Thomas Rossi Sep 15, 2026 ### [4,752 Counterfeit Sales, None of Them Counted](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-sales-nobody-counted) An IPEC judgment awarded LVMH brands £213,000 over six years of counterfeit sales. The volume was estimated by dividing one bank statement by an... Thomas Rossi Sep 8, 2026 ### [The Box Is Real. It Was Sold Separately.](https://eonpass.com/blog/empty-luxury-packaging-resale-authentication) eBay US carries 160,000+ listings for empty branded packaging, and reporting says counterfeiters are among the buyers. The box is genuine, and the... Thomas Rossi Sep 1, 2026 ### [Audi Built These Cars, Just Not for Germany](https://eonpass.com/blog/audi-grey-import-germany-parallel-trade) China-only AUDI E5s are reaching Germany by grey import. The cars are genuine, so there is nothing to authenticate. VW's 22 seized ID.6s show what... Thomas Rossi Aug 25, 2026 ### [When the Certificate Is the Thing Being Faked](https://eonpass.com/blog/japan-trading-cards-authentication-limits) Japan's new taskforce wants better card authentication. Collectibles already grade, seal and serialise every item, and counterfeit submissions still... Thomas Rossi Aug 18, 2026 ### [The Fake Cancer Drug Came in a Real Vial](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-keytruda-real-vials-tracing) India will require QR codes on every cancer drug by July 2027. The Keytruda ring it responds to used genuine vials, stolen after they were emptied. Thomas Rossi Aug 12, 2026 ### [Counterfeit Dollars Ride the Cocaine Routes](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-dollars-cartel-poly-crime) Colombian police seized $2.5m in fake dollars from a Cali print shop built on the cartels' old infrastructure. Counterfeiting runs on the same rails... Thomas Rossi Aug 4, 2026 ### [How 3,119 UPS Labels Drained a Nike Warehouse](https://eonpass.com/blog/nike-memphis-warehouse-theft-chain-of-custody) Twelve people were indicted over a $2m theft ring inside Nike's Memphis warehouse. The stock left on real-looking UPS shipments. The insiders held... Thomas Rossi Jul 28, 2026 [1](https://eonpass.com/blog/author/thomas-rossi/page/1) [2](https://eonpass.com/blog/author/thomas-rossi/page/2) ... 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