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A man who sold counterfeit DVDs has been ordered to pay back more than £216,000
Posted 28 November 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|London
UPDATES: A prolific counterfeit DVD seller has been ordered to repay more than £216,000 after a major Proceeds of Crime case uncovered an elaborate network of online accounts, bank accounts and storage units used to distribute fake goods and launder criminal profits.
A London man who sold pirated DVDs has been ordered to pay a confiscation order of £216,418 in one of the biggest Proceeds of Crime cases ever brought forward by Southwark Council.
Stephen Anthony Clarke Gostling (58), of Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, was originally jailed in September 2021 for operating a fraudulent online business with sales in excess of £500,000. At the time, he ...
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