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More than 1,000 web sites supposedly selling cut-price designer goods closed by Metropolitan Police…

31 December 2009
By: Mark Weston | Discussion topic: Brands, Intellectual Property, News, Online, Online, Upload-IT, Websites

Over 1,200 web sites that claimed to sell cut-price designer goods have been closed by the Metropolitan Police. The sites advertised branded goods such as from Ugg, Tiffany and Links of London. However, consumers often received nothing or counterfeit goods and had their payment card details stolen. The Met worked with Nominet to identify the sites and said this was the biggest operation of its kind. The criminal gangs made millions of pounds from this fraud and were often based in Asia.

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