LoginDangerous goods seller fined £46,500
A company which sold counterfeit goods has been successfully prosecuted
Posted 11 April 2022 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|North West
UPDATES: A retailer has been fined £46,500 after thousands of counterfeit and unsafe products, including vaping liquids, phone accessories, toys and festive lights, were discovered during a lengthy trading standards investigation.
A company which sold counterfeit and dangerous goods has been fined £46,500 for putting consumers at risk following an investigation by Salford Trading Standards.
More than 10,000 counterfeit vaping liquids, 9,000 counterfeit Apple phone accessories, 800 unsafe Christmas fairy lights – some of which had bare wires exposed and two pin, unearthed plugs – and more than 400 counterfeit g...
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