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COUNTERFEIT TONER ON EBAY AND AMAZON eBay pair in court for selling fakes,A
huband and wife team have been sentenced for flogging counterfeit
printer cartridges on eBay and Amazon.Andrew Budgen and
his wife Ying pleaded guilty at Guildford Magistrates Court in Surrey to
selling the fakes but sentencing took place at Guildford Crown Court so
the prosecution could pursue them under the Proceeds of Crime Act.The
pair had for more than two years been buying “Epson” and “Hewlett
Packard” ink cartridges and “Braun” electric toothbrush heads from
China, which they then advertised online.All the goods were cheap copies
of genuine products. When their house in Cranleigh, Surrey, was
searched more than 900 ink cartridges and 17 boxes of toothbrush heads
were seized.Surrey Trading Standards described the operation “large and
well-organised”, adding that the defendants knew they were selling fakes
because they were sourced so cheaply and because of the number of
customer complaints.
They were each sentenced to four months in
prison suspended for two years and given Community Orders to carry out
200 hours unpaid work.The judge Mr Recorder Oliver ruled that Andrew
Budgen had benefited from the crime in the sum of £111,364 and had £4837
of realisable assets, which he ordered confiscated. Ying Budgen was
judged to have benefited from her criminal lifestyle in the sum of
£108,700 and had £16,338 of realisable assets, which was ordered to be
confiscated.They’ve got three months to pay or face a year in jail.The
judge ordered the destruction of all the seized goods.