Facebook sites selling counterfeit bags close pages
Cathy Skinner, administrator for Ladies Purses and Jewelry Only Frankfort, closed the online yard sale after seeing Call 6 investigator Kara Kenney’s story, specifically warnings from the federal government that selling counterfeits is illegal.
“I should’ve known the law before I set up the page,” Skinner said.Cheap coolerbag top quality online,100% authentic guarantee.
Skinner said some people on the Facebook yard sale were selling counterfeit items, such as knockoff Coach purses.
“I don’t want to take the chance,” said Skinner. “I don’t want to go to jail. It’s scary, very scary.”
The U.S. Attorney’s office told RTV6 site administrators can be held liable for counterfeit selling on their website.
The feds have traditionally focused on store fronts, but Facebook and other sites could soon be their next target.
“Selling counterfeit items is illegal, and you could go to jail,” said Gary Woolf, resident agent in charge of Indianapolis' Homeland Security Investigations, the federal agency that investigates counterfeit bags. “The person you’re selling to could be an undercover police officer, undercover federal agent, you never know.”
“It’s absolutely a possibility,” said Brad Shepard,Shop the latest shoxshoes on the world's largest fashion site. Assistant U.S. Attorney. “We could be going after anyone who violates the law.”
Cathy Skinner is not alone in taking action.
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Intellectual property expert Brad Harper’s firm works with more than 100 companies.
“We have teams of people who that's all they do is look at those sites day after day for our clients products,” said Harper. “If you can’t verify the authenticity of the handbags, that’s a good approach (to delete the page).”
Harper said people who sell counterfeit products can face cease and desist letters and civil lawsuits.Take a look at these imitation wrist watches for sale online, which are one of the best juicywallet in USA.
“It costs jobs in the United States and around the world,” Harper said. These people are not good people, and a lot of this breeds crime.”
Harper said counterfeiting also results in child labor and a loss of tax revenue that impacts Hoosiers.
“The tax revenue is lost because the buyer, seller and manufacturer either pay no taxes or less taxes than they would for the authentic product,Work a crowd in this evening gown from germanuniforms.” Harper said.
Cathy Skinner said many people were upset with her decision to close the Facebook purse site, but she said they can continue to break the law, but not on her page.
“Most of them said there’s nothing wrong with it,” Skinner said. “But if it’s wrong, it’s wrong.”
The punishment for selling counterfeits is up to 10 years in prison and a $2 million fine.
Raleigh handbag designer Erin Corson is as surprised as anyone that a gift for her grandmother’s birthday eventually led to her own business.
Corson wanted to make a clutch handbag, but couldn’t find the right fabric to fit her granny’s style.
“After searching around for a few days, I came across a beautiful 1930s silk vintage kimono,” she says. “It was coral, one of her favorite colors, and perfect since she had decorated her home with a strong Asian influence.”
The handbag was a hit.This elegant selection of cheapchaneljewellery will have you looking stunning for the big day! After collecting compliments from family and friends, Corson decided to make more purses using vintage kimono fabric, and Kaleidoscope by Erin was born.
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“My fabrics date back as far as the late 1800s up to 1980s,” she says. “And all of my kimono fabric comes from a family business in Japan, located in a town that once was a major manufacturer of kimonos.”
While it would have been easier to create her bags with a more conventional fabric, Corson says it’s worth the trouble to see the colorful designs find new life.
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