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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 Sugarâ€. Mark Mateer, 32, was compared to David Jason's legendary Only Fools and Horses character by his own barrister.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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