Early this week, multiple reports popped up that Newegg shipped fake Intel Core i7 CPUs to customers unknowingly.  HardOCP reported that D&H Distributing was to blame.  Then came news that D&H had sent a cease and desist letter to HardOCP, requesting they "remove the contact and any reference to D&H from your website" and "post an immediate retraction and apology which shall remain posted for not less than thirty days."

Now the reason for that response has become apparent; while fake CPUs were indeed shipped, they came from an entirely different supplier, IPEX.  D&H, who does ship legitimate Core i7s, was apparently a perfectly innocent party that became caught up in a mess of upset people jumping to the wrong conclusions. 

Newegg has released a statement to the customers affected assuring them that they will be taken care of.  It writes:

Newegg is currently conducting a thorough investigation surrounding recent shipments of questionable Intel Core i7-920 CPUs purchased from Newegg.com.

Initial information we received from our supplier, IPEX, stated that they had mistakenly shipped us "demo units." We have since come to discover the CPUs were counterfeit and are terminating our relationship with this supplier. Contrary to any speculation, D&H Distributing is not the vendor that supplied us with the Intel Core i7-920 CPUs in question.

Newegg's top priority is to proactively reach out to all customers who may have been affected to ensure their absolute satisfaction. We have already sent out a number of replacement units and are doing everything in our power to resolve the matter promptly and with the least amount of inconvenience to our customers.

We have always taken pride in providing an exceptional experience for each customer, and we apologize for any inconvenience to our valued customers. We take matters like this extremely seriously, and are working in close cooperation with Intel and the appropriate law enforcement authorities to thoroughly investigate this incident.

Initially, Newegg had claimed that the shipped units (which numbered at 300 according to at least one estimate) were demo units.  The site now realizes that they were complete fakes.   
A video from one of the customers who received the fakes can be found here.  It shows a box that looks like an Intel box, but bears clear spelling errors.  Inside there's a chunk of plastic that looks like a fan, but is not, a blank manual with a single staple, and a metal "CPU" with no pinouts.

For anyone who received one of the defective units, you can contact Newegg's customer service right here.  And it seems like some sites in the online news community indeed owe D&H, typically an outstanding supplier, an apology for smearing their good name.