Man tried to sell £10,000 of fake goods from his car in A90 lay-by
A man has been fined after he was caught trying to sell almost £10,000 worth of fake designer products – in a north-east lay-by.Terence Crook appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday to be sentenced having previously admitted trying to cash in on the counterfeit goods.
The 54-year-old had taken a wide selection of products – including watches, headphones, speakers and designer T-shirts – home from abroad, and decided to try to sell them on to make a profit.
Lawsuit Accuses Walmart of Defrauding Shoppers with Fake Parmesan
Common sense would dictate the discovery of wood pulp in cheap Parmesan can’t end well for those on the retail side, and lo and behold, it has not: Following the revelation that retailers have started pulling discredited cheeses from stores, Walmart is now facing a class-action lawsuit over the supposedly “100% Grated Parmesan Cheese” sold under its house brand, Great Value. The shopper who filed the suit says he wouldn’t have bought the product if he’d known its actual cheese-to-wood ratio.
http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/02/walmart-cheese-lawsuit.html
Lear MoreThinfilm partners with SmartSign to combat counterfeit products in Vietnam
ThinFilm Electronics has partnered with digital security products provider SmartSign to combat counterfeit products in Vietnam by delivering product authentication and consumer engagement capabilities to brand owners and government agencies.
The firms will use Thinfilm’s NFC OpenSense sensor tag technology to help address counterfeiting of products including wine and spirits, tobacco, and home health products in the Vietnamese markets.
Initially, the partners will focusing on the wine market in the wine/spirits segment by delivering the next-generation anti-counterfeiting NFC solution throughout the country.
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Interpipe registers trademark in UAE to combat counterfeiting
The Ukrainian steel-pipe manufacturer Interpipe has officially registered its trademark with the UAE Ministry of Economy, citing the need to combat counterfeiting in the region.
The company said in a press release that counterfeiting is a significant challenge, and that the registration represents its first step in its fight against fake products.
The GCC region accounts for over 16 percent of Interpipe’s global sales and the company has supplied steel pipes to the UAE market for more than 10 years. Among Interpipe’s key projects in the region are the King Abdulaziz International Airport and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in KSA, the Mall of Qatar and the State Audit Bureau Headquarters in Qatar, as well as various residential and commercial buildings in the UAE.
Politicole: Welcome To The Land Of Fake Gucci And Armed Robbery
TOURISM Minister Wilchcombe says we will increase airlift, increase marketing, increase advertising, increase stopover visitors, increase US tourist offices, but I’m not hearing him say anything about increasing the tourism product itself by way of diversification of the product, or by improving or helping to improve the country, the people, or the people’s accessible culture – in other words, the tourism product.
What are you selling your tourists, Minister Wilchcombe? Fake Gucci and armed robbery?
A US-Cuba Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on air travel was signed recently and it appears that “all systems are go” with large airlines getting set to offer direct non-stop flights to Havana from cities all across the United States. This is “the day” the Bahamian tourism industry should not have ever dreaded, if only they had mastered their product long before its arrival.
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/feb/23/politicole-welcome-land-fake-gucci-and-armed-robbe/
Lear MoreTwo arrested in smuggling conspiracy connected to Oklahoma prison
A drug task force has arrested two people who allegedly intended to smuggle several items, including 27 pounds of tobacco and dozens of cellphones, into an Oklahoma prison.
The District 18 Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force made the arrests during a traffic stop Sunday in Hartshorne. Agents confiscated about 25 pounds of tobacco, 2 pounds of smokeless tobacco, 32 cellphones, 4 pounds of marijuana and several other contraband items, according to a news release.
SARS Wars: Health warning – tobacco may be harmful to your democracy
This month nine US politicians wrote to the US Department of Justice demanding that it investigate the London-listed British American Tobacco (BAT) following claims that the company engaged in widespread bribery of politicians and policymakers in Africa. Police in the UK are also investigating claims in relation to BAT’s dealings in South Africa and an explosive affidavit by a whistleblowersummited to the Competition Commission also suggests large scale industrial espionage and the corruption of government officials. Meanwhile, the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association has come out guns blazing.
Two Arrested In Oklahoma Prison Smuggling Attempt
Two Tulsans are in the Pittsburg County jail accused of trying to smuggle a number of items into an Oklahoma prison over the weekend. The District 18 Drug and Violent Crime Task Force assisted Hartshorne Police with the arrest of 23-year-old Brandon Morgan and 20-year-old Rynesha Gatewood during a traffic stop on Sunday.
They booked the pair into the jail on complaints of conspiracy to deliver contraband to a state prison and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Authorities said they confiscated 25 pounds of tobacco, two pounds of smokeless tobacco and 32 cellphones from their car. They said they also found four pounds of marijuana.
http://www.newson6.com/story/31290261/two-arrested-in-oklahoma-prison-smuggling-attempt
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Cigarette smuggling prevented
Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee has announced that its employees prevented an attempt to smuggle tobacco products to Azerbaijan.
During the operation, the employees of the Tovuz Customs Office prevented the smuggling of 23, 000 cigarettes.
Today, cigarettes are considered the third most popular smuggling product after drugs and weapons.
Recently, retail prices of several cigarette brands have been significantly reduced in Azerbaijan. The main reason for the decline in the cigarette prices is to combat the smuggled tobacco products on the local market.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/93223.html
Lear MoreAustin woman arrested for selling counterfeit fitness products online
Austin Police arrest a woman for selling fake goods over the internet.Police say 35-year-old Evelyn Carowicz was importing the goods from a counterfeit operation based in China. Austin Police received a tip from a private investigator employed by major corporations to protect their trademark.
The affidavit states that police quickly followed the private investigator’s lead, contacting Carewicz online to make a purchase. She agreed to sell them “Beach Body” products on February 17. After the purchase was made, investigators followed Carewicz back to her apartment inside the Balcones Woods complex off Research Blvd. Once police knew where she lived, they were able to conduct a search warrant.