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A trader in East Sussex has been prosecuted for selling counterfeit motor parts online
Posted 31 May 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Automotive|South East
UPDATES: An online trader has been prosecuted after selling counterfeit vehicle parts through internet auction sites, misleading buyers into believing they were purchasing products from established manufacturers.
An online trader caught with almost £40,000 worth of counterfeit motor parts for sale has been handed a suspended prison sentence.
East Sussex Trading Standards officers discovered the haul, which included spark plugs and fuel injector parts, in the living room of Istvan Lorincz’s home in George Street, Hailsham.
The 43-year-old had been selling the parts via internet auction s...
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