Consumer Goods & Media

• Missouri couple sentenced for selling counterfeit Disney movies

  09-Feb-23 - Tabitha Rodgers and Clint Rodgers were sentenced to four years and one year, respectively, in federal prison.

• US notorious markets list includes AliExpress, WeChat again

  02-Feb-23 - Other online sources in this year's update include Alibaba's Taobao, DHGate, Pinduoduo, IndiaMART and Shopee.

• e-Commerce sites under siege from 'digital' fraudsters

  25-Jan-23 - Organised networks are increasingly using coordinated bot attacks and automated social engineering to steal goods.

• US lawmakers take on fakes with passage of INFORM Act

  28-Dec-22 - It will be mandatory for online retail sites that allows third-party sellers to authenticate the identity of high-volume sellers.

• EU court says Amazon may be liable for fake Louboutin ads

  23-Dec-22 - The original complaint will now return to national courts in Luxembourg and Belgium for further judgment.

• Supply chain risks: a look back to 2022 and ahead to 2023

  21-Dec-22 - Real-time visibility of supply chains should be a top priority for all organizations amid global disruptions.

• US lawmakers put INFORM act in 2023 spending package

  20-Dec-22 - Legislation targeting counterfeiting and retail theft is tacked onto US' omnibus spending package for fiscal 2023.

• eBay puts authenticity at centre of new brand campaign

  20-Dec-22 - Everyone Deserves Real highlights eBay's authenticators, says they are "making sure you never get f*ked over again."
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  Tackling scams and fraud during the cost-of-living crisis

  13-Dec-22 - Financial crime experts say scammers will exploit UK cost-of-living schemes that are intended to help vulnerable people.

• Fake listings pulled from Instagram before Black Friday

  24-Nov-22 - The crackdown – which is still ongoing – has already led to hundreds of suspect Instagram listings being taken down.

• De La Rue chair accused of defamation by investment group

  13-Nov-22 - Crystal Amber says chair Kevin Loosemore made a libellous statement in an email to its manager Richard Bernstein.

• Viewpoint: Is your company covered for a cybersecurity attack?

  08-Nov-22 - That’s a £2m question, writes Usman Choudhary, chief product officer at VIPRE, who looks at how cyber insurance can protect businesses.

• Bill Nye sues websites accused of selling counterfeits

  26-Oct-22 - Complaint is seeking a temporary restraining order against sites accused of importing and selling fake Science Guy merchandise.

• UK's cost of living crisis 'raising threat of counterfeits'

  25-Oct-22 - Over 4 million fake products with an estimated market value of £111m ($127m) were seized in 2021-2022, says ACTSO.

• Fake baseball cards leads to prison term for Michigan man

  24-Oct-22 - Bryan Kennert (57) got 30 months for selling baseball cards that he falsely represented as original, unopened card packs.

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