Trader sentenced over fake electricals
A man who sold fake electrical products online has been given a suspended prison sentence
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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