Two brothers and their father have been jailed for their parts in manufacturing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of fake designer garments. Kully Screen Printing Ltd, in Galby Street, Spinney Hills, Leicester, was described as a “large-scale, highly sophisticated and a professional operation”. At Leicester Crown Court, director Kuldip Singh (26), the “principal offender”, […]
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2,500 Websites Shut Down in Counterfeit Goods Crackdown
A specialist police unit has shut down more than 2,500 websites selling counterfeit goods believed to be worth tens of millions of pounds. The sites promised authentic designer goods such as Gucci products, GHD hair straighteners, Ugg boots and Hollister clothing. But customers were left short-changed as the items were either poor quality counterfeits or […]
Enfield Company Director Found Guilty of Selling Counterfeits
The director of a private company has been found guilty of selling high class counterfeit clothing. Kabamba Tabukanga, director of Gramadi Place Limited in Hoe Lane, Enfield, pleaded guilty to 16 charges of selling counterfeit goods. For each charge he was fined £1,5000 with each offence running concurrently. The 53-year-old was also ordered to pay […]
Football Kit Man Sentenced for Making Fake One Direction Shirts
A football kit man ran a lucrative sideline flogging thousands of fake One Direction hoodies and T-shirts online. Gary Simpson churned out the bogus boy band gear from the clubhouse at Moorside Rangers, using the equipment intended for printing names and numbers on strips. Simpson, 55, had no licence to use the pop stars’ branding, […]
Another Successful Week of Raids by the Surelock Team
A tremendous week’s work. Simultaneous raids with Manchester and Tower Hamlets TS, multi agency raids at Charles House, Southall, raids with Suffolk TS and Brent & Harrow TS and over £1 million worth or our clients’ counterfeits seized. Great work by Surelock’s dedicated team, well done everyone and thanks to the respective authorities.
Woman from Arnold Found Guilty of Five Trade Mark Offences
An Arnold woman has received a six-month supervision order for selling counterfeit clothing via the social media site Facebook at Nottingham Magistrates Court this Wednesday (8 January). Laura Franks, 32, of Kingswell Avenue, Arnold, pleaded guilty to six offences against the Trade Marks Act 1994 and was also ordered to pay £600 towards prosecution costs […]
“Online Onslaught” – Press Release from ACG
Friday 13th proved to be especially bad luck for those selling counterfeit goods on Facebook. Figures released today show more than 600 traders offering in excess of 1300 listings which are being removed in what is hoped to be the first of many such exercises aimed at disrupting and dismantling counterfeiting activity on the Facebook […]
PIPCU Suspends 90 Websites Selling Counterfeit Goods
The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has worked with Europol and US authorities to help suspend hundreds of websites that were selling counterfeit merchandise online to unsuspecting consumers. The 690 domain names disrupted worldwide are part of project ‘In Our Sites – Transatlantic 3’, coordinated by Europol for the participating EU Member States and […]
Welshpool Counterfeiter Prosecuted
A Welshpool trader who produced counterfeit clothing with Trade Marks on and then sold them over the internet has been prosecuted by Powys County Council. Sharon Louise Vaughan, trading as perfectly personalised4u, pleaded guilty to eleven charges under the Trade Marks Act 1994 in action taking by the council’s Trading Standards Service. The hearing took […]
Counterfeit Goods Warning for Christmas Shoppers
SHOPPERS are being warned of the dangers of buying counterfeit goods as criminal gangs flood the British market with fakes for Christmas. Counterfeit toys, computer consoles and games, handbags, shoes and beauty products are big business. Criminals will go to astonishing lengths to get a slice of this year’s festive shopping market, with Britons expected […]