eBay scammers handed suspended prison sentences for selling 'dangerous' fake electric chargers

Two eBay scammers person been handed suspended situation sentences aft their “sophisticated” cognition selling “dangerous” fake electrical charges was exposed.

Foysal Habib, 44 and Abu Sufian, 50 pleaded blameworthy successful August to selling counterfeit Bio-Oil, electrical items, and covering connected the online marketplace.

Officers from Tower Hamlets Trading Standards confiscated fake Apple batteries, Samsung earphones, adapters and USB cables during an inspection astatine Sundarbon net café, successful Mile End.

After initially pleading not blameworthy astatine a trial, the brace changed their pleas.

Habib was handed a six-month custodial sentence, suspended for 2 years and Sufian was handed a nine-month custodial condemnation suspended for 2 years.

The justice highlighted however Sufian had a starring relation successful the operation, which helium described arsenic “sophisticated”.

Cllr Shafi Ahmed, Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Emergency, said: “Selling counterfeit goods is not a victimless transgression arsenic fake cosmetics and electronics precise often bash not conscionable information regulations, putting people’s wellness and perchance their lives successful danger.

“The London Fire Brigade has particularly warned of the dangers that counterfeit electrical chargers and batteries airs arsenic they person precocious been linked to superior injuries and fires successful the UK.

“I’d similar to convey our Trading Standards Team for their enactment successful this lawsuit and I anticipation it sends a beardown connection to anyone other selling knock-off goods that it won’t beryllium tolerated present successful Tower Hamlets.”