A Strangeways business has been fined almost £40,000 after being caught selling hundreds of fake designer handbags.

A Strangeways business has been fined almost £40,000 after being caught selling hundreds of fake designer handbags.
Surelock working with other ACG members, together with Greater Manchester Police and Trading Standards to achieve another tremendous result in this area of Manchester known as Fake City. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/strangeways-gucci-prada-jimmy-choo-15531962
French luxury goods firm Louis Vuitton is seeking damages from three people convicted of offering counterfeit versions of its clothing, shoes and handbags on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s popular Taobao shopping website, a Beijing court said. A district court in Beijing accepted the lawsuit filed by Louis Vuitton, owned by LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury […]
Surelock authenticated the seized Tiffany jewellery and J’Adore perfumes. When police and trading standards officers opened the doors to two industrial units they found a stash of trendy designer gear. The only trouble was, it was all fake. Among 10,000 items spanning 39 big brands was everything from J’Adore perfume to Tiffany jewellery, Hermes purses […]
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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 […]