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A market trader who sold counterfeit footwear has been ordered to pay £60,000
Posted 26 March 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|South East
UPDATES: A counterfeit footwear trader has been ordered to repay £60,000 under Proceeds of Crime legislation after an earlier trademark prosecution, highlighting how illicit profits can be recovered long after conviction.
A market trader who sold counterfeit trainers, shoes and boots has been ordered to pay £60,000 or face a jail sentence following a prosecution by East Sussex Trading Standards.
Sukhdeav Singh (58) from Rochester, Kent, sold the fake footwear at Rye Market in East Sussex. He pleaded guilty in February 2023 to 13 trademark offences, and was sentenced in March 2023 to a four-month custo...
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