In Ourense, they dismantled a website that sold 3,700 pairs of counterfeit sneakers

Customs officers Tax agency and agents of the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Team Civil Guard they dismantled a website that operated from the province Ourense and in which they were placed counterfeit sneakers, as the prosecutor reported on Wednesday. As a result of the action, the person responsible for the site, who according to the investigators claimed to have obtained more than 200,000 euros through illegal marketing, was summoned as an investigative person.

According to the report of the Tax Administration, the investigation began after various information was received pointing to this person residing in Ourense as the creator of a website on the Internet and various profiles on a social network, which he used to market counterfeits. tennis shoes. various brands. The genre, imported from China, was distributed in Spain and other countries of Europe and America through shipments. Namely, the website advertised the sale of various models of footwear from well-known brands, informing users that the products were offered “exact replicas in sizes and materials” of the original product, but not manufactured in official factories Stamps.

The investigations carried out have established, reports the Treasury, that they were commercialized in a short time 3,739 pairs of counterfeit sneakers, generating income of 219,352 euros, the amount paid into the account opened by the investigated person. After the indictment for the commission of an alleged criminal offense against industrial property and attribution of the alleged authorship, the creator of the said website is summoned as a respondent,” concludes the Tax Administration.