Police Stops Counterfeit Toner Ring In Germany

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Police Stops Counterfeit Toner Ring In Germany

(translated From German to English)
The Police in Hesse Obertshausen near Frankfurt am Main is a counterfeiting workshop for toner cartridges. She spoke at the event of a "new dimension".

The police in Offenbach Obertshausen made a counterfeiting workshop for toner cartridges arrest. Inside a warehouse, the officers found several tens of thousands of printer cartridges OEM manufacturers, including HP, Brother and Kyocera. As initial investigations revealed it is likely that it consistently to plagiarism. Apparently empty cartridges were filled with inferior color, holograms, warranty seals and accompanying documents provided, then sealed with the original and modified the original packaged in a deceptively similar looking box. Then, the supplies were taken through various distribution channels in the trade. The first evaluations of customer lists have shown that some counterfeits are already in circulation. Would find themselves on the lists of names "larger markets, but also banks, insurance and communication to the public institutions," said Henry Faltin from police headquarters southeast of Hesse against BusinessPartner PBS.

"We will bring in several truckloads of confiscated cartridges from the camp," the head of the Fraud Commissioner Offenbach Kerpen Werner said on Thursday. He estimated the economic damage to several million euros. The warehouse was also the production facility in which the cartridges were well established. "This is a new dimension," said Kerpen on, "according to our previous findings were such forgeries so far always abroad, mostly in the Far East, made." That is the production center for counterfeit printer cartridges in Germany was, after knowledge of the attending Experts once.

The investigation goes back to the beginning of this year. At that time, increased printer cartridges appeared on the market, turned out to be as cheap fakes. The tracing of the distribution channels also led to Obertshausen. After sufficient grounds for suspicion against the company were collected, the prosecutor in Darmstadt, a search warrant request to the Court. Not least because the police officers searched the apartment in Offenbach, the 47-year-old managing director, against whom the proceedings. The manager was initially set free again after the police action. The investigation is ongoing.

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July 10, 2012 at 8:50 AM