Counterfeit

Tag: Counterfeit

Ex-customs officer sentenced to 7 years in prison for tobacco exports machinations

Former St. Petersburg Baltic customs inspector Alexander Zharin was found guilty of taking 51 bribes in the amount of $178,500 for falsifying documents related to the export of tobacco products; the man was sentenced to 7 years in a strict regime colony.

16:09 26.03.2021

Falsification of product labeling to be criminalized in Russia - bill

The Government Law-Making Commission has approved amendments to the Russian Criminal Code introducing liability for falsification of the labeling of goods, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev informs RAPSI.

13:19 25.03.2021

Russia’s police clamp down on criminal gang engaged in illegal sales of lung ventilators

Investigators of Russia’s Interior Ministry could put an end to the activities of a criminal gang whose members are suspected of selling unregistered respiratory medical devices.

18:10 30.04.2020

Interior Ministry initiates case over production of counterfeit chocolate bars

The Investigative Directorate of the Odintsovo town district has launched a criminal case over illegal use of a famous Russian brand of chocolate products by a confectionary manufacturer, Irina Volk, the official spokesperson of the Interior Ministry, informs RAPSI on Wednesday.

16:51 29.04.2020

Russian man receives suspended sentence for counterfeiting CSKA football emblems

A Russian citizen, who had sold counterfeit goods having emblems of the CSKA football club, received a 6-month suspended sentence, a statement published by the football club’s press service reads.

12:42 23.04.2019

Over 14 mln counterfeit goods seized in 2018 – Russian Finance Ministry

Over 14 million counterfeit production units were found out in Russia in 2018, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at the VI Anti-Counterfeiting Forum on Monday.

11:31 19.11.2018

FSB conducts searches in St. Petersburg metro’s management corporation

Investigators are conducting searches in the state unitary enterprise Petersburg metropolitan responsible for management of the city’s metro as part of a criminal case over supply of counterfeit equipment.

13:59 22.08.2018

Russian firms ordered to pay Christian Louboutin $365k for selling counterfeit goods

The Moscow Commercial Court has recovered 24.3 million rubles ($365,500) from four Russian firms in favor of famous French fashion designer Christian Louboutin and his company "Christian Louboutin S.A.S." for sales of counterfeit perfumery products.

14:15 15.04.2016

Retailers may sue Yandex for promoting counterfeit goods - report

Major retailers claim that Yandex, the operator of Russia’s largest search engine, is promoting goods that are imported without rights holder permission.

11:57 11.04.2014

Artist, daughter head to prison for counterfeiting $630,000 worth of paintings

The prison sentence handed down to a Moscow artist and his daughter for counterfeiting the works of Russian avant-garde artists has come into force.

16:34 18.06.2013

Moscow artist sentenced to 4 years for dealing forged paintings

The Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced a Moscow artist and his daughter to four and two years in prison, respectively, for counterfeiting paintings and selling them for 20 million rubles ($650,000).

16:35 27.03.2013

Russian sentenced to four years in US prison for selling knockoffs

Russia-born Vitaly Borker, who pleaded guilty of fraud for selling counterfeit eyeglass frames as designer products, and of deceiving and intimidating his clients, has been sentenced to four years in prison, District Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara reported.

12:04 07.09.2012

Producing counterfeit medicine may be attempted murder under Criminal Code

The Criminal Code presently envisages the possibility of trying counterfeit medicine producers and distributors for attempted murder.

15:50 04.07.2012

Russians suspected of counterfeiting U.S. dollars await judgment in Dubai

Three Russians detained in Dubai on suspicion of counterfeiting U.S. dollars are awaiting a court judgment, RIA Novosti reported on Monday.

10:20 26.03.2012