Foshan police smashed counterfeit luxury car parts chain amounted to 10 million

The counterfeit luxury car parts are sold at half or even 30% of the original price.

A few days ago, the reporter learned from the Sanmeng Bureau of Public Security Bureau of Foshan City, Guangdong Province that with the help of Alibaba's platform for data technology, the police successfully destroyed a chain of counterfeit fake crimes, destroyed 2 criminal gangs, and captured 14 criminal suspects. They seized on the spot. A large number of counterfeit brand auto parts, logos and production tools involved more than 10 million yuan in value.

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Luxury car accessories with "anti-counterfeit logo" is really difficult to distinguish

The reporter noted that in addition to the highly simulating production products, counterfeiters even produced special signs such as “anti-counterfeit labels” and “certificates of conformity” through printing plants. The on-site police told reporters that this was a counterfeiter who made a copy of the authentic style.

According to Sanshui Public Security, the sales gang has been active in Foshan for a long time. It has registered a number of online stores and sold a large number of counterfeit brand automobile oil filters, air filters and other products, involving Volkswagen, Buick, Audi, Ford and Land Rover. For more than 10 well-known car brands, the monthly turnover is about 8 to 100,000.

According to the account of the suspect Chiou, the unit price of these auto parts is not high, ranging from 5 to 45 yuan, so it is not easy to sell.

"This huge amount of sales will inevitably be supported by a huge amount of 'fake' goods." After investigation, the police discovered that the gang has rented a warehouse in an industrial area in Guangzhou, which is not large enough to store only a small amount of goods. His gang only engaged in sales work on weekdays. The police concluded that the gang should have a "supplier" specializing in the production of counterfeit brand auto parts to provide a huge supply.

The reporter learned from the Foshan police that Xie Mou was the director of a filter factory. While producing his own brand filter, he illegally manufactured filters for counterfeit cars and sold them through the Internet. One of the "next homes."

Investigation

Captured 14 suspects

On July 14th, seeing the timing of the closing of the network, the Sanyang Moisture Bureau dispatched more than 60 policemen to Guangzhou and Wenzhou for unified network collection. With the cooperation of the local public security agencies, they successfully destroyed the two criminal gangs that manufactured and sold counterfeit registered trademark goods, destroyed three criminal cases, seized 14 criminal suspects such as Chimou and Xiemou, and seized a large number of counterfeit brand motor oils. Filters, air filters and other auto parts, as well as coding machines, conveyor belts and other production tools, involved in the case worth more than 10 million.

According to Xiemou, they rented a waste factory in Wenzhou, purchased some of the knockout coders, conveyor belt production tools, and hired local staff to carry out rough processing. What kind of orders the customer requested, what brand they put on the logo? . In this way, a bad filter, transformed into a so-called brand filter, and then sold all over the country.

The person in charge of the Sanshui public security investigation department stated that the quality of counterfeit and shoddy products cannot be guaranteed, and it is a security risk to consumers and public safety. Consumers who encounter illegal activities that counterfeit or sell fake products should take the initiative to call the police and provide clues to law enforcement agencies.

Ye Zhifei, director of intellectual property protection of Alibaba Group, introduced that some fake online stores with genuine pictures and prices are difficult to find, and they also need to rely on reports from equity holders and consumers.