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What is the punishment standard for selling fake goods?
1. What is the industrial and commercial punishment standard for selling fake goods?

First of all, seize and confiscate all fakes and destroy them centrally;

Secondly, confiscate the illegal income from selling fake goods;

Finally, a fine of more than 50% and less than three times the value of the counterfeit goods sold will be imposed.

Article 50 of China's "Product Quality Law" stipulates that those who adulterate products with fake products, pass off fake products as genuine products, pass off substandard products as qualified products shall be ordered to stop production and sales, the products illegally produced and sold shall be confiscated, and a fine of more than 50% and less than three times the value of the illegally produced and sold products shall be imposed; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

2. Will you go to jail if you are caught selling fake goods?

Sellers are deceiving consumers by selling fakes, and consumers buy things they don't want, or get hurt in the process of using them. In order to recover the loss, they will expose the seller. Then, if the seller who sells fake goods is caught, he may face criminal punishment and go to jail.

First of all, it is illegal to sell fake goods. If the circumstances are serious and the amount is large, criminal responsibility shall be borne.

Moreover, according to the specific circumstances of the crime, the following penalties shall be accepted:

1. If the sales amount is relatively large, that is, the sales amount is more than 50,000 yuan, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined;

2. If the sales amount is huge, that is, the sales amount is more than 250,000 yuan, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.

Secondly, if the sales of fake goods do not reach the above amount, they will not bear the corresponding criminal responsibility, but they will accept the following penalties:

1, ordered to stop production and sales;

2. Confiscation of illegally produced and sold products;

3. A fine of more than 50% and less than three times the value of products illegally produced and sold will be imposed;

4. If there is illegal income, it shall be confiscated;

5. If the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked.

Therefore, the seller who sells fake goods does not have to bear criminal responsibility, but should be determined according to the sales amount.

At present, local industrial and commercial departments are still making great efforts to check and crack down on counterfeit and shoddy products. Once you find that you are selling fakes, you will be punished accordingly. According to the product quality law, the specific industrial and commercial punishment standards for selling fake goods are generally ordered to stop production and sales, the products illegally produced and sold are confiscated, and a fine of more than 50% and less than three times the value of the illegally produced and sold products is imposed. However, it should also be noted that selling fake goods may actually violate the criminal law and constitute a crime.