The Bac Giang Provincial Police’s Economic Police Department recently discovered several online accounts on Shopee and TikTok engaged in advertising and selling cosmetic products, including body odor removers, acne treatment serums, and skin whitening formulas. Suspicions arose regarding the authenticity of these products.
Further investigation led the authorities to zero in on Nguyen Van Khanh (DOB: 1996, from Dai Lam commune, Lang Giang district, Bac Giang province) as the alleged producer and trader of counterfeit cosmetics.
On May 7, a task force from the Bac Giang Provincial Economic Police Department, in collaboration with the local Market Management Division, raided Nguyen Van Khanh’s residence and apprehended both him and his accomplice, Nguyen Thi Hien (DOB: 2003), red-handed while they were packaging and preparing to distribute counterfeit cosmetics.
During the raid, authorities seized a substantial quantity of cosmetic products, totaling 2,468 items, including makeup removers, skin creams, acne treatment serums (Demi Skin 3 days and SEIMY skin 7 days plus), and various deodorant products (STOPIREX, Sach Hoi Nach Cu Dam Thep, Hai Sen Underarm Odor Remover, and BEUFRES spray).
Police interrogating Nguyen Van Khanh. Source: Bac Giang Provincial Police
Additionally, they confiscated approximately 104,000 anti-counterfeit labels and packaging of various designs, nearly 10,000 bottles and jars, millions of assorted packaging bags, and 300 kg of raw materials, including alum powder, unidentified solutions, date-stamping machines, and more.
Initial investigations reveal that since late 2024, Nguyen Van Khanh identified a growing demand for cosmetic products among consumers. He then devised a plan to manufacture and sell counterfeit cosmetics for profit. Khanh researched popular body odor removers, acne treatment serums, and skin whitening products online and proceeded to order fake labels and packaging resembling these legitimate products.
Khanh procured machinery, raw materials, tools, and empty bottles to produce these counterfeit cosmetics, which he then sold through online platforms like Shopee and TikTok. Notably, the primary ingredients used in these fake products were unidentified solutions and fragrances, as well as alum powder sourced from unregulated markets.
From late 2024 until his arrest, Khanh sold over 100,000 orders of these counterfeit cosmetic products to customers across Vietnam, generating a revenue of more than VND 6 billion.
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