East Anglia Daily Times reports that a Suffolk internet fraudster who sold fake JLS, Justin Bieber, Olly Murs, and One Direction clothing was jailed for 12 months at Ipswich Crown Court and has been ordered to repay £60,000. The 53-year-old duped fans when selling the counterfeit branded merchandise he had printed himself through eBay. At…

After another successful operation involving surveillance and Trading Standards officers allied to TRAP, A couple from Surrey, England were ordered to pay a fine of £75,000. Reporting of the crime on TV this morning lead to outrage, when it was revealed that not only were musicians and popular brands targeted by the counterfeit scam, but…

Manchester Evening News reports that 37 people were arrested in a raid by Greater Manchester Police and Trading Standards officers targeting counterfeit goods. Read The Full Story

The fight against digital piracy and counterfeit goods was today (23 October 2014) boosted by £3 million of new government funding to the City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). Minister for Intellectual Property (IP), Baroness Neville-Rolfe announced the government’s funding commitment to the national crime unit at the Anti-Counterfeiting Group Conference in…

A company director from the south west of England was given eight months in prison, suspended for two years at Bristol Crown Court after previously pleaded guilty to 18 charges relating to possessing and selling counterfeit clothing, bags, headwear and toys, reports the Bristol Post. After months of surveillance and test purchases local trading standards…

Police and local trading standards officers carried out a raid in Camden on behalf of TRAP on Friday 10th October. The retail outlet on Camden High Street had been under surveillance for several months before the raid. During the raid, officers found secret store rooms and the basement to be full of counterfeit merchandise.

A fraudster who made thousands of pounds selling fake merchandise including JLS, Justin Bieber and One Direction to unsuspecting victims through eBay has been jailed for 12 months. The offender admitted 13 breaches of trademark regulations between the end of 2009 and the start of 2013. Judge Rupert Overbury said: “The court has a duty…

UK Trading standards based out of Caerphilly, Wales have successfully prosecuted a man involved in manufacturing and selling merchandise without permission of the rights holders. Newport Magistrates’ Court sentenced Darren Greenhaf, 40, of Caerphilly on September 8 after he pleaded guilty to ten offences under the Trade Marks Act 1994. Read The Full Story