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Trader sentenced over fake electricals


A man who sold fake electrical products online has been given a suspended prison sentence

Richard Young

Posted 25 July 2019 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Counterfeit Goods|West Midlands


UPDATES: A Warwickshire trader received a suspended prison sentence after counterfeit and electrically unsafe mobile accessories were traced to his online business, leading officers to seize more than 1,300 fake products.

A trader in Leamington Spa who sold fake and electrically unsafe products online has received a 12-month suspended prison sentence and been ordered to carry out 280 hours of unpaid work. He has also been disqualified from acting as a company director for five years.

Bhupinder Sandhu, sole Director of Partek Trade Ltd, was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on July 19. He had previously plea...

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