A 61-year-old woman and her 24-year-old former daughter-in-law appeared in the Coutances criminal court on October 16, one for smuggling and selling counterfeit products, and the younger one for using and selling similar products. From January 1, 2020 to April 19, 2024, sixty years of imported perfumes, leather goods and clothes from Turkey are fake luxury brands. He resells it on his website where he presents the products using the teleshopping model. The adventure ended with the search of his house and a box at the customs administration on April 19, 2023. Officials found 2,052 counterfeit products, of which 1,466 were perfumes in a 33ml bottle, confirming that it was a fake because the manufacturers do not manufacture. a 33ml bottle according to the customs representative present at the trial. Customs officers also seized 11 cartons of cigarettes and 5 pots of rolling tobacco. Cartons of cigarettes are bought for €15 each.
Because his son extorted money from the prison
Admitting the facts for sixty years, he freed his former daughter-in-law who only participated in a filming to be a service. He admitted that he started this activity to pay the sums taken from his son when he was imprisoned in the Bois-d’Arcy of Yvelines (78). He revealed that one of his children committed suicide in prison. The prison administration confirmed the suicide and theft of the child of other inmates. Customs estimated the value of the products sold, if they were not counterfeit, to be around €176,000. Because of this, they asked for a fine of the same amount. Only the Vuitton brand is seeking compensation for its damages, which it estimates at €12,950 all inclusive.
€28,000 VAT
The tax authorities made an adjustment of €5,675 for income tax. He also claimed an amount of €28,783 for VAT. The representative of the public prosecutor requested, in addition to the customs fine, a sentence of three months in prison with a suspension of probation including the payment of the amounts owed to the Public Treasury. The defense was provided by Maître Moussafir of the Paris bar. According to him, in this case, there is no real victim. “Anyone who buys a fake wallet on the internet for €40 will never spend €2,000 on a real wallet.” The court sentenced the sixty-year-old to six months in prison with a simple suspended sentence, the customs fine was set at €85,500. He also had to pay €2,230 to Vuitton. The former daughter-in-law received a three-month suspended prison sentence and a €300 suspended fine.