LoginVinyl fraudster ordered to pay up
Dorset Council found undisclosed assets when it investigated a fake vinyl seller
Posted 24 October 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|South West
UPDATES: Dorset Trading Standards has secured a further proceeds of crime order against a convicted counterfeit vinyl seller after investigators identified undisclosed assets linked to his £1.2m fake records operation.
A convicted criminal who operated a £1.2m counterfeit vinyl record scam has been ordered to pay back almost £230,000 following a financial investigation by Dorset Council Trading Standards.
In April 2023, Richard Hutter, trading as ‘Vinyl Groove', <a href="https://www.journaloftradingstandards.co.uk/crime/fake-vinyl-record-seller-guilty/" target="_blank&quo...
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