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UK Man Charged with Selling Counterfeit COVID-19 Kits

2020/03/24

A man from the UK has been charged with making counterfeit coronavirus treatment kits and sending them to customers across the world.
The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) arrested Frank Ludlow in a post office near his home on Friday, March 20. At the time, he was attempting to send 60 fake treatment kits to France, the US, and other parts of the UK.
Ludlow was charged on Saturday, March 21, with one count of fraud by false representation, one count of possession of articles for use in fraud, and one count of unlawfully manufacturing a medicinal product. He appeared at Brighton Magistrates Court on the same day and was remanded in custody until April 20, 2020.
 
Source: World IP Review



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