Law enforcement team raids online supplier for selling counterfeit goods

A multi-agency law enforcement team raided the office of online supplier LFA Enterprises in Binondo, Manila for allegedly selling counterfeit goods to online shoppers, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said Tuesday in a news release.

 

The law enforcement team, made of officers and agents from the CIDG; National Bureau of Investigation; Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines; and Bureau of Customs, and collectively known as NICE, raided the LFA warehouse and office on the strength of a Warrant of Seizure and Detention issued by Bureau of Customs District Collector, BGen Mario Mendoza.

 

“Mostly, if not all of the items found [at the LFA warehouse/office] were all made in China, while Samsung and Hyundai gadgets have marks bearing ‘Made in Korea’, said Ben Entico, Special Assistant to the District Collector, Port of Manila.

"[The seized items] were, however, found stuffed in boxes with Chinese markings printed with ‘Made in China’, which bolsters the findings that these are not only counterfeit products, but also smuggled articles.”
 

The items seized included supposed counterfeit mobile phones, tablets, powerbanks and blenders. 

 

The NICE-CIDG Team has launched follow-up investigations and operations to pin down and file charges against those behind the LFA operations. — DVM, GMA News