Recently, Wuxi Yixing police uncovered a case involving the production and sale of counterfeit Dyson brand hair dryers and curling irons, and cut off a chain of crimes involving more than 80 million yuan in the production and sale of counterfeit products in 30 provinces and cities across the country.

  At the beginning of March 2021, Ms. Cai from Yixing saw a discount from Dyson manufacturers on an e-commerce platform. The Dyson hair dryer, which is usually sold at a counter of nearly 3,000 yuan, now only costs 1,700 yuan. Ms. Cai immediately placed an order and bought one. As a result, after only using it a few times, I found that the switch of the hair dryer was out of order, so I called the police.

Appraised by a professional organization, the hair dryer purchased by Ms. Cai is a fake.

  After receiving the police, the local police quickly set up a task force to fully carry out investigation work.

After two months of deep digging along the line, a 22-person criminal gang headed by Kong, who made and sold fakes, emerged, spanning three provinces (cities) and six places including Guangdong and Shanghai.

The Yixing police mobilized 150 police forces, divided into 6 groups, and rushed to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shaoguan and other 6 places to carry out a centralized network collection operation, destroying 2 counterfeiting dens and 4 counterfeiting dens in one fell swoop, and arresting suspects 22 People, seized more than 7,000 counterfeit Dyson brand hair dryers and other finished products.

  According to the confession of the criminal suspect Kong, he and Shen and other 4 people bought the hair dryer parts from the Internet for assembly, and sold the counterfeit Dyson hair dryer costing 300 yuan to the next family, and the next family increased the price on each e-commerce platform They are sold at prices ranging from 1,700 to 2,000 yuan.

  The police reminded that when people buy electrical appliances and other products, they should buy goods through formal channels and business premises. Once abnormalities are found, they should promptly report to relevant law enforcement agencies.

  (Reporter Ge Yong's video sourced from the Public Security Department of Jiangsu Province)

Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】