Whether you call it invoice fraud, mandate fraud or direct debit fraud it is a huge problem. Hundreds of thousands of pounds are being lost every month to this simple and easily preventable fraud.
<h1 class="entry-title">Year: 2015</h1>
How to Be Aware and Avoid Buying Counterfeit Goods
Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (2008), traders are not allowed to pass off their goods as another product. This includes counterfeit goods – fake items deliberately made to look genuine. These are often of lower quality than the original and some could even present a health hazard. There are no cast iron […]
UK’s First ‘Fake Shop’ Opens in Yeovil
To mark National Consumer Week, Devon and Somerset Trading Standards has transformed an empty shop on Middle Street into an interactive installation stocking everything from counterfeit clothing and fake perfume to dodgy toys. Shrewd shoppers will need to look out to ensure they don’t get scammed. Activities and volunteers will be on hand to expose […]
Seizure of Copyright Infringing Material at ExCeL
On Friday 23 October 2015 a team from TRAP consisting of Max Arguile, Licensing Manager for GB eye Ltd, Philip Herbert from Hamlins LLP and investigators from Surelock, attended the MCM London Comic Con at the ExCeL London Fourteen stands were identified as selling copyright infringing items. These were removed from display and seized.
Old Spitalfields Market Stall Holder Prosecuted for Selling Counterfeit T-Shirts
Following a reconnaissance carried out by Surelock on behalf of TRAP in October 2014 at Old Spitalfields Market, Commercial Street, London E1, a stall holder Rajesh Joshi, was identified selling counterfeit One Direction, The Beatles and Ramones t-shirts, which were seized by Tower Hamlets Trading Standards and Joshi was prosecuted. On 22 October 2015 […]
Surelock is a member of the Association of British Investigators (ABI)
Surelock’s Directors and Investigators are members of the Association of British Investigators. By being accredited members of the ABI, this demonstrates that Surelock: • Has passed an in-depth screening process showing compliance with respect to: ✓ Criminality ✓ Probity ✓ Character ✓ Professional Standing ✓ Competency • and also that Surelock ✓ Has been notified and […]
Three in Plymouth Court Accused of Selling Fake One Direction Clothes
Kenneth Colley, aged 42, Jason Ross, aged 45 and Anna Strzelecka, aged 39, all stand jointly charged of selling clothing between July 1 2009 and July 12, 2012 which bore trademarked images and of concealing the proceeds of criminal conduct, namely cash between the same dates. In addition, Colley and Strzelecka are also charged with […]
20% of Cybercrime Victims Think They Were Specifically Targeted
Action Fraud is supporting Get Safe Online Week 2015 (19th to 24th October) which aims to educate, inform and raise awareness of online security issues to make sure individuals and small businesses use the internet safely and confidently. In a specially commissioned survey for Get Safe Online Week over one in five (21%) victims of […]
eBay Seller Jailed for Selling £220,000 of Counterfeit Designer T-Shirts
Surelock assisted in this case by providing authentication evidence on behalf of numerous music artists merchandisers, working together as TRAP. Barry Wayne Pritchard of Cae Gabriel, Penycae near Wrexham has been jailed for 18 months after selling around £220,000 worth of counterfeit designer t-shirts on eBay over six years. Pritchard was sentenced on the basis that he […]
Has the Crime Rate in England and Wales Really Doubled?
At first glance it would appear that the crime rate in England and Wales has doubled, looking at the headline figures in the latest Crime Survey published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). However, the figures now include an estimate of fraud for the first time, based on its Crime Survey. There were also […]