Dismantling a facility that produces and sells a large quantity of fake cosmetics on Shopee and Tiktok

(Chinhphu.vn) - The finished products are sold by the subjects on the e-commerce trading floors Shopee and Tiktok. Since the end of 2024, this facility has successfully sold over 100,000 orders to customers in provinces and cities across the country with a revenue of over 6 billion VND.

Bac Giang Provincial Police dismantled a facility producing and trading a huge quantity of fake cosmetics.

The Economic Police Department, Bac Giang Provincial Police has just dismantled a facility that produces and trades a large quantity of fake cosmetics in Dai Lam Commune, Lang Giang District, Bac Giang Province. The owner of this facility produced thousands of fake cosmetic products, successfully selling more than 100,000 orders through the e-commerce trading floors Shopee and Tiktok.

At 10:30 a.m. on May 7, at the residential area of ​​Nguyen Van Khanh (born in 1996) in Lai village, Dai Lam commune, a working group of the Economic Police Department coordinated with Dai Lam commune police and Market Management Team No. 4, Bac Giang province Market Management Department to inspect and arrest Nguyen Van Khanh and Nguyen Thi Hien (born in 2003), both residing in Lai village, Dai Lam commune, for producing and packaging counterfeit cosmetics.

At the scene, the task force seized 13 different types of cosmetics with a total quantity of 2,468 finished products such as: Makeup remover, skin cream, acne treatment serum Demi Skin 3 days, SEIMY skin 7 days plus, KT'skin serum; STOPIREX deodorant, Steel Punch underarm odor cleaner, Hai Sen underarm odor deodorant, BEUFRES deodorant spray, ALUFAN alum distilled water, INOD Armpit Serum, Crystal 24 Hour; about 104,000 anti-counterfeit stamps, labels of all kinds; nearly 10,000 bottles, jars; millions of packaging; 300 kg of raw materials such as alum, mixing solution, conveyor belt shrink wrapping machine, date stamping machine...

Previously, through the work of grasping the situation on cyberspace, the Economic Police Department discovered Shopee accounts "Bn Store 2024", "Bibo Comesticc", "Nhungnguyen010798", "Vliwwfo6-r" and Tiktok accounts "Sare Comesticc", "Coca Beauty" advertising and selling cosmetics such as: Body deodorant, acne treatment serum, skin whitening... suspected of being counterfeit. The Economic Police Department has isolated and identified Nguyen Van Khanh as having activities of manufacturing and trading counterfeit cosmetics at home.

Through the investigation, the Economic Police Department initially determined: At the end of 2024, Nguyen Van Khanh realized that customers needed to consume many types of cosmetics, so he came up with the idea of ​​producing fake cosmetics to sell for profit. Khanh went online to learn about some popular body deodorants, acne serums, and skin whitening products, then ordered fake labels and packaging for these products. Khanh bought machinery, raw materials, tools, bottles, etc. and produced them at home to sell to the national market. The main ingredients used were solutions, mixed flavors of unknown origin, and alum powder bought illegally on the market.

The finished products are sold on e-commerce platforms Shopee and Tiktok, and when there are buyers, they are sent for sale via COD shipping service. Since the end of 2024, Khanh has successfully sold over 100,000 orders to customers in provinces and cities across the country, with a revenue of over 6 billion VND.

The Investigation Police Agency of Bac Giang Provincial Police is continuing to investigate, verify and expand the case to handle according to regulations.

The Economic Police Department recommends that consumers should choose reputable and quality businesses; goods with clear origin and labels; always be vigilant against products sold widely on the Internet. When detecting cases of production and trading of goods with signs of violations related to counterfeit and poor quality goods, please report to the Economic Police Department, Bac Giang Provincial Police; address: Lot Q5, Hoang Van Thu Street, Bac Giang City; phone number: 069.2589.177.

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