Counterfeit and Forgery

City centre shopkeeper hit with £1.3k court bill after this secret stash of dodgy tobacco found hidden in wall

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/city-centre-shopkeeper-hit-13k-1905975

He pleaded guilty to copyright offences for illegally creating and distributing karaoke tracks online without permission. Digitop have estimated their loss to be £485,000, while Sunfly Karaoke Ltd’s loss is projected to be £29,593

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1081/man_sentenced_for_over__500_000_of_karaoke_copyri

A shop worker has been jailed for his part in selling thousands of packets of illegal counterfeit cigarettes with potential health risks at two Hereford shops.

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/16400758.shop-worker-jailed-for-his-part-in-selling-counterfeit-cigarettes/

Dodgy gear worth hundreds of thousands of pounds found in swoops

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/fake-armani-gucci-fendi-clothes-14980604

The amount of fake vehicle parts available on the market is on the rise. A recent study from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) estimated that more than €2 billion is lost every year due to counterfeit tyres and batteries alone.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1073/government_warns__fake_vehicle_parts_are_on_the_r

Flintshire County Council Trading Standards took rogue trader to court where he pleaded guilty to 7 charges of supplying and possessing counterfeit goods under the Trade Marks Act 1994.

http://www.deeside.com/shotton-rogue-trader-fined-thousands-after-being-caught-selling-fake-super-hero-costumes/

Leicester man created a string of fake companies that made almost 300 fraudulent VAT repayment claims over a seven-year period, an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation revealed.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/business/fraudster-set-up-46-fake-1784168

It is somewhat ironic that some of the very latest security items that we rely on to protect our cars and motorcycles from thieves appear to have been copied and many of these poorly-made counterfeits are now headed our way courtesy of the criminals themselves

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/comment/counterfeit-car-parts-counting-high-cost-growing-market-fakes/

The tees were stopped from entering the market by trading standards officers at Leicestershire City Council, who uncovered them at East Midlands Airport not long before the big kick-off in Russia earlier this month.

https://www.mix96.co.uk/news/national/2621805/world-cup-warning-over-fake-football-kits/

An alleged fake passport ‘factory’ in London used to supply hundreds of forged documents has been raided by police.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/01/inside-fake-passport-factory-where-hundreds-of-counterfeit-documents-were-sold-on-7674303/