Recently, there has been a "legend" of 20 million in cross-border circles. A Chinese seller sells counterfeit and shoddy products imported from China in Thailand through as many as 44 online stores, and the amount involved exceeds 20 million, and he is directly wanted by the Thai police! What's going on? Hurry up and follow the 18 supply chain to take a look!
The cause of the incident is also because the Thai police have received a large number of complaints from consumers who say that the quality of the goods they buy online is defective. Subsequently, in the investigation of the police, it was found that the prices of the complained cosmetics were all lower than the market price, and the cosmetics were not formally registered, and there were no "three nos" products that met the requirements of Thai labeling.
Thailand's Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) traced the corresponding warehouses and delivery addresses, and after receiving a search warrant from the Samut Prakan Provincial Court, they conducted surprise inspections of the warehouses involved.
During the search, they found more than 60 different types of counterfeit products piled up in the warehouse, including toothpaste, skin creams and makeup. Of these, 2 were clearly counterfeit cosmetics, 18 were potentially counterfeit, and 32 were cosmetics without a registration number or Thai label.
According to reports, the police confiscated about 31,000 pieces of evidence (counterfeit and shoddy products) worth more than 20 million baht.
During the search, a woman in charge of the warehouse was arrested, and according to her confession, the big boss behind her was a Chinese citizen, Mr. Qiu, and she was only in charge of the warehouse, and the goods stored here belonged to Mr. Qiu.
It is understood that Mr. Qiu ordered a large number of fashion personal care products from China from the Internet, and then shipped them to Thailand, all of which were stored in the warehouse. At the same time, he runs 44 e-commerce stores, and carries out promotional sales through online advertising. The entire business is carried out in China and Thailand, where the main responsibility is for the storage and sale of goods, and the business operations are in China.
The whole business has been operating for about a year, transporting 2,000-3,000 pieces of goods per day, and may earn 100 million baht, or about 20 million yuan, per year. At present, the Thai police are collecting more relevant evidence and have issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Qiu, and the police will take legal measures once Mr. Qiu enters Thailand.
This also reminds us that seller friends should not go crazy on the legal red line in order to "make quick money", but should comply with relevant reasonable compliance and win the market with products.
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Editor of this article: Xiaoba