McGraw Hill, Others Allege ‘Massive’ Textbook Counterfeiting

McGraw Hill LLC and four other major publishers of educational textbooks accused Radius International Inc. of large-scale importation and distribution of counterfeit textbooks, according to a complaint filed in a Chicago federal court.

Radius operates as a U.S. front for counterfeit-producing companies by storing, invoicing, and distributing fake versions of textbooks, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northeastern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.

Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group LLC, also known as Macmillan Learning, Cengage Learning Inc., Elsevier Inc., and Pearson Education Inc. joined McGraw Hill in alleging that the freight forwarding company ...