Selling fake goods online is illegal and seriously constitutes a criminal offence.

Legal Analysis

A perpetrator who sells counterfeit products, or sells products that do not meet national standards, or sells products that do not meet national standards confiscated by relevant departments, should A fine shall be imposed on the perpetrator. The standard of fine is that the perpetrator sells substandard products, which also includes products that the perpetrator has not yet sold. The penalty standard shall be less than three times the value of these substandard products. punishment. The illegal income obtained by the perpetrator from selling substandard products will also be confiscated. If the perpetrator's suspected circumstances are serious, the perpetrator's business license will also be revoked. When the perpetrator's illegal behavior has reached the standard of a crime, and after trial by the court, the perpetrator must be held criminally responsible. Among the products sold, perpetrators pass off substandard products as good ones, adulterate qualified products with some products that do not meet the prescribed standards, or directly use products that do not meet the prescribed standards to pass off qualified products and then sell them externally. At that time, the perpetrator should be ordered to stop selling products and stop the perpetrator from producing substandard products. Knowing that the products he sells are counterfeiting other people's registered trademarks, when the illegal income reaches a relatively large amount, that is, when it reaches the standard of more than 50,000 yuan, the perpetrator will be liable at this time. If convicted, the perpetrator will be punished according to the crime of counterfeiting a registered trademark, and the perpetrator will be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, or the perpetrator will be sentenced to criminal detention and a fine at the same time. Knowing that the products you sell are counterfeiting other people's registered trademarks, when the illegal income reaches a huge amount, that is, when it reaches the standard of more than 250,000 yuan, the behavior will be punished at this time Anyone who counterfeits someone else's registered trademark product shall be punished with a fixed-term imprisonment of three to seven years, and the perpetrator shall also be fined.

Legal Basis

Article 39 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China and Domestic Product Quality" Sellers must not adulterate or adulterate products, or pass off fake products as genuine or Substandard products must not be passed off as good ones, and substandard products must not be passed off as qualified products.

Article 214 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" If the amount of illegal gains is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined.