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14 December 2017
As more and more Christmas shopping is done online, shoppers are being warned to make sure online sites are legitimate...
13 December 2017
The CTSI told The Telegraph :"Christmas can be a stressful time of year, full of pressures to buy the latest must have toys. Stock shortages can send desperate parents into the arms of counterfeit traders with cheap, potentially dangerous fakes.
13 December 2017
Some of the fake dolls had chemical compound levels more than 2,000 times the legal limit.
12 December 2017
The court made a confiscation order for £100,000, to be paid within three months, with a default sentence of 18 months imprisonment to be triggered if she does not pay the money back.
07 December 2017
A visit to a grotty grotto of toys seized by Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Trading Standards revealed just how dangerous some of the toys are currently heading to the UK.
06 December 2017
This year's Christmas must-have toy, Fingerlings, made national news just last week as stock shortages sent desperate parents into the arms of counterfeit traders with cheap, potentially dangerous fakes that could cause serious harm to anyone that handles them.
30 November 2017
North East Lincolnshire Council's Trading Standards officers issued the warning ahead of the festive period following a productive year spent seizing hauls of counterfeit goods including mugs, lighters, keyrings, clothing and perfume.
30 November 2017
Despite the small amount of seized goods, a Trading Standards spokeswoman said a digital money trail showed a clear long-running pattern of selling a large volume of counterfeit goods through five social media accounts.
30 November 2017
Back in November 2016, Gateshead Trading Standards identified a seller of counterfeit clothes, shoes and perfume who was selling the goods through social media, using an account in the name of ‘Max Summer'. This proved to be a false name and, after extensive enquiries, a test purchase was made and the seller was identified as Mr Page.
23 November 2017
Latest figures suggest that Christmas fraud increased by 25% between 2015 and 2016. Analysis of last year's crimes also suggests that 65% of crimes at Christmas were linked to online auctions.
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