Wednesday, 19th May 2004 (6824 views)

Nearly £10,000 will have to be a paid by a man from Chester who sold fake designer jewellery on auction website eBay.

Glen Miller had been advertising jewellery marked and packaged with the Tiffany & Co trademark, which was then noticed by members of the jewellery retailer.

After purchasing an item and conducting tests the item was proved as fake and trading standards then took action, according to the Daily Post.

On entering Mr Miller's home sacks full of jewellery and fake Louis Vuitton bags and wallets were found along with Tiffany boxes, bags and labels.

When charged for possessing 265 fake Tiffany jewellery items, it was claimed Mr Miller did not realise they were fake.

Reportedly the items were obtained from a Hong Kong site and when questioning the "best quality 99 per cent look-alikes" comment on the site, the alleged fraudster was told it was a translation mistake.

 

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