Couple Caught Selling Fake Branded Goods From China And Dump Down Chute When Police Raid
A couple of Lis Shun, a 29-year-old China national and Singapore permanent resident, and his wife Lim Seow Seow, 35, pleaded guilty on Thursday (26 November) after police caught them running an illegal operation of selling goods on the online marketplace of Q0010 which are selling fake branded bags from China for profits. As police were conduction a raid operation and knock on the couple’s door, they dumped 20 branded bags down the rubbish chute along with other counterfeit skincare products. 
Lim admitted to 3 charges of obstructing the course of justice by disposing of the evidence, importing fake brands of goods for trade, and possessing such goods for trade. The court heard that Li wanted to set up an online business in Singapore to supply his family income in 2013 but he couldn’t do so due to he is only a work holder permit as his wife later obtained Singapore permanent residency, he used her details to set up the business and they rain a legitimate online business selling unbranded goods but business was slow. 
From 2015, Li manages to source out counterfeit branded goods from suppliers in Guangzhou China, and find boutique-quality selling Longchamp and Kipling bags which price is slightly cheaper than the originals. After that between 2015 – 2019 when they were caught selling this product, they successfully made around $60,000 to $70,000 by this and in mid-October last year, the police received intelligence from Singapore Customs about suspected counterfeit goods in China and it was imported by a person who is listed the couple’s address.
On 2019 Oct 16, around 11.30 am, the police has performed a raid on the couple’s home and Li suspected it was the Singapore Customs officer and told her wife not to open the door and dispose of the goods into the rubbish chute in their home. Later the police discovered 20 counterfeit Longchamp, Adidas, or Fila bags in their rubbish chute, as well as four bottles of counterfeit Lancome and Estee Lauder skincare products. In total across all the charges, the police found 128 items with fake brands that the couple intended to sell.
The prosecutor asked for six months and a week’s jail for Li, and nine weeks’ jail for his wife.