Counterfeits in the world of luxury are the order of the day, and it was not going to be any less with the apple, so a person would have been arrested in Barcelona for selling fake brand itemsand possess more than 100,000 euros in its products, even though they are not original, which is precisely where the crime lies.
Arrested for counterfeiting Apple products
The operation was carried out by the Civil Guard, and you don’t have to be very smart when a store sells you a case with the Apple logo, for a much lower price than the official store that you have practically next door, so it was not difficult to know the type of products that were sold.
The place was run by a 38 year old asian who owned 2,450 cell phone cases and 200 accessories for Apple devices, including cables, chargers, headphones, etc. That is, you could get some AirPods or an “official” case, for a ridiculous price, at least compared to the real value, since these cases can cost up to 59 euros on the Apple website.
The establishment was located in the Ravalalthough it is not the first one they have found, neither in this area, nor in Barcelona in general, since the sale of this type of products is very typical, although not in such a blatant way, because, as we said, it is not necessary to know much about this world to know that everything they sell is imitation, something similar to the soccer jerseys that they sell you for ridiculous prices compared to the real thing.
#GCOperations | The Fiscal and Border Patrol of the #CivilGuard based in #PremiàDeMar intervenes in #Barcelona more than 2,600 counterfeit #Apple brand items
▶️ 2,450 mobile phone cases and 200 accessories have been seized, including headphones, cables and…
January 14, 2025 • 9:00 p.m.
As we can see in the video uploaded by the Civil Guard itself in X, most of these products were covers, and these are very cheap, since we can currently find them in websites like AliExpress for just over 2 euros, being precisely these same ones, so we understand that, in wholesale, they cost this Asian man even less. Later, although we do not know the sale price, he offered them for a ridiculous value compared to the 59 euros from the website, so you could get between 10 and 15 euros for each one.
And you, have you ever bought this type of accessories knowing that they are fake? The truth is that I do, and the thing is that on AliExpress, as I said, there are thousands of these products, it’s just that they sell them to you without a photo of the apple, making the authorities believe that they are not replicas, and when it arrives you realize What do all these logos have? It is a very common practice, although it is not done as blatantly and in a physical store as this person, who would have run out of money, and we do not know how much he managed to sell in this time.
