Monthly Archives: August 2022
Fake Car Badges Netted £500k
The Lancashire Telegraph website reports that a man who raked in thousands of pounds selling counterfeit car badges has been ordered to repay more than £500,000.
Following a complaint from Jaguar Land Rover, Matthew Paul Shlusar was found to have made illegal earnings from online sales of £554,913.
read moreWorker Stole Pokeman Cards
The Daily Star website reports that a warehouse worker stole Pokemon cards valued at £60,000 from his employer, and stowed them in his mum’s house.
Kyriacos Christou took the cards when he picked up orders for an online business, which sells the Japanese trading cards for hundreds of pounds.
read moreVapes And Fake Bags Seized
The Kent Online website reports that more than 15,000 cigarettes, illegal vapes and counterfeit bags were among items seized by Trading Standards at stores across Maidstone town centre.
In a joint operation between council officers and police, dozens of plastic bags full of illegal goods were removed from four shops.
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