Counterfeit and Forgery

More than ever, social media is being used by criminals to exploit people by selling fake products.

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/news-campaigns/campaigns/fake-goods

More than ever, social media is being used by criminals to exploit people by selling fake products

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/campaigns-media/campaigns/fake-goods

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at the City of London Police is urging Christmas shoppers against buying bargain designer beauty products, after it seized an estimated £60,000 worth of fake perfume, which officers believe may contain harmful chemicals.

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2022/december/warning-to-christmas-shoppers-after-police-uncover-60000-worth-of-counterfeit-perfume/

A man who promoted and sold counterfeit designer clothing and mobile phones to more than 20,000 Instagram followers has been sentenced.

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2022/september/social-media-influencer-sentenced-for-selling-counterfeit-goods-online/

TEENAGERS who were selling fake perfume to shoppers on Chapel Street have been arrested for fraud after the items were found to contain urine.

https://www.champnews.com/story.asp?id=GN4_ART_2010008#.YwNCJEcaOKc.twitter#.YwNCJEcaOKc.twitter

Fake passports are trading hands on the dark web with ‘frightening’ speed, according to cyber security experts.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/06/fake-british-passports-available-on-dark-web-within-minutes-16945836/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.twitter

Officers from the City of London Police’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) seized counterfeit CDs worth an estimated loss to the industry of £169,708, during warrants in the Wirral, Merseyside.

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2022/june/police-seize-170000-worth-of-counterfeit-cds-in-raids/

An advocate general of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has found that online retailer Amazon is not infringing a trade mark by allowing the sale of counterfeit goods on its platform.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/sale-fake-louboutin-shoes-amazon-trade-mark-opinion

Amazon has seized more than three million counterfeit products in the last year and referred more than 600 criminals for investigation as the tech firm tries to stamp out fraud.

https://www.cityam.com/amazon-seizes-more-than-three-million-counterfeit-products-as-ecommerce-giant-cracks-down-on-fraud/

A criminal organisation operating under the name Diageo Partners Ltd has been scamming customers out of money by pretending to be the genuine article.

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2022/03/diageo-plagued-by-imitation-company-scam/