On June 11, the Thanh Hoa Provincial Police announced that the Provincial Police’s Economic Police Department (Economic Police) had initiated a criminal investigation, prosecuted and detained Nguyen Khanh Tung (DOB: 1973; residing in Cu Nam Ward, Vinh City, Nghe An Province) for “Smuggling”.
Nguyen Khanh Tung, head of a ring smuggling goods counterfeiting famous global brands. Photo: Thanh Hoa Police
Tung is identified as the leader of a large-scale smuggling ring dealing in shoes, sandals, belts, wallets, and bags bearing signs of counterfeiting famous global brands.
Previously, on May 28, Team 9 of the Market Management Division (under the Thanh Hoa Provincial Market Management Division) and the Economic Police of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Police inspected the compliance with laws on production, business, and trade in goods and services at Tung Moscow store (located at 224 Le Hoan, Lam Son Ward, Thanh Hoa City) managed by Le Canh L. (DOB: 1992; residing in Nghe An Province) who is also the legal representative.
The inspection uncovered a range of goods on display for sale, including shoes, sandals, belts, wallets, and bags bearing signs of counterfeiting famous brands such as Nike, Hermes, Gucci, Adidas, Dior, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, MLB, and Burberry, which are trademark-protected in Vietnam.
At the time of the inspection, the business representative failed to produce invoices and receipts. The initial estimated value of the goods exceeded VND 325 million.
Authorities inspecting the compliance with laws on production, business, and trade in goods and services at Tung Moscow store and discovering a large volume of counterfeit goods
Given the suspected infringement of industrial property rights, Team 9 handed over the case file to the Investigative Police Organ of Thanh Hoa Provincial Police for further investigation, verification, and clarification.
After a short period of investigation, the Economic Police identified that the shoe store, Tung Moscow, was owned by Nguyen Khanh Tung, with Le Canh L. being hired by Tung to act as the store manager. Le Canh L.’s responsibilities included managing staff, sales, revenue and expense management, and remitting sales proceeds to Tung, for a monthly salary of VND 10 million.
In addition to counterfeit branded goods, the store also sold T.MOSCOW-branded men’s leather shoes, which were ordered by Tung from a workshop in China and then transported to Vietnam through unofficial channels without going through customs procedures for profit (the value of the goods smuggled by Tung amounted to VND 438,040,000).
The case is currently under further investigation and expansion by the Thanh Hoa Provincial Police.
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