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Latest News - 2015

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Dodgy 'Del Boy' sold fake goods

20 May 2015

20.05.15 - A “Del Boy” wheeler dealer was jailed after blowing £40,000 on fake designer goods in a bid to become “the next Alan Sugar”. Mark Mateer, 32, was compared to David Jason's legendary Only Fools and Horses character by his own barrister.

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Man fined €1k over selling fake Apple goods

19 May 2015

19.05.15 - A counterfeit Apple iPhone charger bought from a small shop in Cork exploded in the socket shortly after it was plugged in to charge the phone and yesterday the man who sold it was fined €1,000 for breaches of the Trade Marks Act.

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Warning on counterfeit make-up

18 May 2015

18.05.15 - Warning on fake make-up tainted by CYANIDE and other dangerous chemicals: Counterfeit versions of leading brands are being cooked up by criminals in squalid underground labs.

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PIPCU urges the public to 'Wake up - don't fake up!'

18 May 2015

18.05.15 - The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) have today (18th May) launched an awareness campaign warning consumers of the risks posed by fake beauty products. In a call for consumers to ‘Wake up - don't fake up!' the City of London Police unit is highlighting the dangers of buying and using counterfeit goods such as make-up, perfume, electrical hair stylers and sun-cream.

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Shop busted for hiding counterfeit cigarettes

18 May 2015

15.05.15 - West Sussex County Council Trading Standards officers, accompanied by two tobacco sniffer dogs called Scamp and Phoebe, discovered the stash at a convenience store in the town centre on April 28.

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Hefty fines for two shop owners selling counterfeits

18 May 2015

18.05.15 - The illicit goods were found at the Paper Boys shop in New Street, West Bromwich and at UK Mini Market in High Street, Smethwick, during raids last year.

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Suffolk fraudster jailed for selling fake designer goods

15 May 2015

15.05.15 - Online fraudster, Mark Mateer has been sentenced today to six months in prison at Ipswich Crown Court, and must pay £2000 in costs within 12 months.

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Crooks take hit on counterfeits

15 May 2015

15.05.15 - Police and trading standards officers have teamed up for a crackdown on ‘organised criminals' involved in counterfeiting in Lanarkshire.

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Kirkby pensioner had £10,000 of counterfeit cigarettes

15 May 2015

15.05.15 - Alexander Sleith, 67, pleaded guilty to six charges of supplying goods prohibited by safety regulations and two charges of possessing goods with a false trademark for sale at Liverpool Magistrates' Court today.

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Merchandise forger ordered to pay back £140K profit from counterfeit clothing scam

15 May 2015

15.05.15 - Gary Simpson made copies of bands including One Direction, Justin Bieber and JLS and made counterfeit prints onto clothing he then sold via eBay.

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