This is a case of selling counterfeit products, which infringes the company's interests and disrupts market order.

1. The specific events.

According to police reports, on July 16, 2021, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau received a call from the rights holder’s company. The company said that some consumers bought the company's animation toy products and complained to the company on suspicion that they were counterfeit products. The complainant was a Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang was very fond of the company's animation characters. When he was browsing the products, he found that the products sold in an online store were his favorite animation characters. The customer service confirmed that they must be genuine, so he spent money to buy them. However, Mr. Wang was pointed out by other senior players in an offline communication that these two products were defective and should be fakes. Therefore, Mr. Wang reported it to the rights holder company.

2. The police quickly destroyed counterfeiting dens.

After receiving the alarm, the police attached great importance and immediately set up a task force to investigate. Because this online store has its own physical location, the police deployed police forces to the local area to investigate. Police discovered that the factory did not produce toys, but rather produced part of the packaging. While following the suspect, he discovered that he often entered a building. Therefore, the police deployed police forces around and arrested the criminal gang in one fell swoop. According to reports, the criminal gang of manufacturing and selling counterfeit goods consisted of three people, one of whom was once the quality inspection supervisor of the OEM factory of the rights holder's company. Therefore, he was very familiar with toy making, so he started counterfeiting with two other people. At present, more than 20,000 pieces have been sold, and the sales volume has reached more than 4 million yuan.

3. What kind of punishment will you face?

Because the three suspects were suspected of counterfeiting registered trademarks, the police have taken criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law. In my opinion, these three people carried out illegal activities with purpose and in a team, and the amount of money involved was relatively large. It is very likely that they will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and repent in prison. Therefore, we also hope that all citizens will not do anything illegal or disciplined, which will only harm themselves.