Wembley Market trader sold counterfeit goods
A WEMBLEY Market trader has been electronically tagged and given a suspended sentence for “ripping off” shoppers.
Xiaoudan Wu, also known as Kelly Wu, was caught running a stall selling stock consisting almost entirely of knock-off products in November last year.
Trading standards officers seizedDiscount ACCESSORIES UK almost 900 ed hardy clothing and raided two storage facilities linked to the 43-year-old elsewhere in Brent on the back of the operation.
Those sites contained just shortEd Hardy Wallets uk of 1,300 items of counterfeit clothing, including handbags, jewellery, shoes and watches.
The goods, worth around £69,000 altogether, were replicas of brands including Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabanna, Ed Hardy, Christian Audigier, True Religion, Chanel and Burberry.
The Harlesden resident was handed a six month prison sentence, suspended for a year, at Harrow Crown Court on Friday.
Bill Bilon, of Brent and Harrow Trading Standards, said Wu was “blatantly ripping off” Brent and Harrow residents and shoppers traveling to the market from other parts of the country.
He said: “Not only are the shoppers being ripped off, but the legitimate traders both in the market and in the close surrounding area are facing unfair competition from the cheap and poor quality products being offered as genuine.
It is a small store with only a window sign identifying its place among the more traditional tenants – a barber shop, gift shop, and graphic designer – that occupies the well-preserved property along Main Street.
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