In order to make huge profits, the man who used to work in takeaway resigned and opened a factory, under the guise of "factory direct sales, **discount price", the original thousands of yuan of branded clothing, only a few dozen yuan can be purchased in **, and the discount rate is as low as about 1 discount. Recently, in the third centralized investigation and rectification action of "Sharpening Sword 2024", Putuo** successfully smashed a criminal gang that sold counterfeit well-known brand clothing, and 16 gang members have been taken criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law for the crime of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks.
In December 2023, Putuo** found in an online inspection that a company on an e-commerce platform was suspected of selling a number of counterfeit clothing of a well-known brand, and the sales volume was huge. Although the appearance of the brand clothing sold is very similar to that of **, the fabric is relatively rough, and **is only a fold of**. It was identified that these garments were counterfeit brand products that were produced and sold without authorization. After an in-depth investigation, it was found that there were two other branches of the company, both of which were operated under the name of the man Yang, and the actual place of delivery was an industrial park in another province or city. At this point, an online counterfeiting gang headed by Yang with a clear internal division of labor surfaced. Putuo** quickly dispatched police forces from the Economic Investigation Detachment, Caoyang Xincun Police Station and other departments to set up a special case team to carry out the investigation of the case.
After careful investigation, after locking down the location of the gang selling counterfeit goods and the pattern of its crimes, the special case group recently went to other provinces and cities to collect the gang's net in a centralized manner. With the support of the local government, 16 criminal suspects including Yang, Lin, Hu and Chen were successfully arrested in a warehouse in an industrial park, and a large number of suspected counterfeit and shoddy goods were seized on the spot.
After arriving at the case, the criminal suspect Yang and others truthfully confessed their respective criminal acts to **. According to Yang's confession, he was originally a takeaway delivery man, and he got acquainted with an employee who sold counterfeit clothing when he was delivering takeaways. From the employee, Yang learned that the profit from selling counterfeit clothing was extremely high, and the other party said that the counterfeit clothing could be given to Yang at a low price. Yang, who thought he had found a way to make a fortune, quit his job as a delivery clerk and became what others called "Mr. Yang" and started his own "road of selling counterfeits".
Yang confessed that he and others had opened a total of 3 **, and hired 15 people, including Lin, Hu, and Chen, to sell counterfeit registered trademark goods without obtaining the official authorization of the relevant brand. Among them, Lin and Hu are responsible for customer service; Chen is responsible for tallying; Xu, Zheng, Huang and others are responsible for packaging and distribution. Although the sale of counterfeit goods is cheap, Yang's 3 companies have a cumulative daily sales volume of more than 2,000 orders, and they make illegal profits of more than 500 yuan.
At present, 16 criminal suspects including criminal suspect Yang have been taken criminal compulsory measures by Putuo** in accordance with the law for the crime of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, and the case is being further investigated. For the ** of counterfeit luxury brand clothing, it is also being further traced and investigated.