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Criminal gangs counterfeit engine oil, package it as "Mobil" and "Castrol" and sell it to car owners in many places in Guangxi

On March 14, Guangxi Laibin police announced to the media: Under the unified deployment and command of the Ministry of Public Security and the District Public Security Department, Guangxi Laibin and Guangdong police worked closely together to successfully detect the "10.17" incident supervised by the Ministry of Public Security. "The case of counterfeit brand car engine oil has completely destroyed a major cross-provincial criminal chain. Guangxi Laibin and Guangdong police alone transferred and prosecuted 25 people involved in the case, and the amount involved reached 2.2 billion yuan.

After the car owner changed the engine oil? The engine developed abnormalities

In July 2018, some car owners reported that the vehicle engine developed abnormalities after the vehicle had a new oil change. Due to their professional sensitivity, the police suspected that there may be illegal and criminal activities selling fake and inferior engine oil in the market in Guangxi.

The Economic Investigation Detachment of the Laibin City Public Security Bureau discovered through monitoring and investigation work: A Nanning City company named "An Auto Parts Co., Ltd." claims to be a brand engine oil agent and has been supplying goods to many cars in the Wangzhouling area of ??Nanning City for a long time. The repair shop sells counterfeit branded engine oil, and the company's main source of supply comes from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. There are many varieties and large quantities of counterfeited brand names, and its sales range reaches all parts of the country.

Detection process

After six months of arduous investigation, a huge counterfeit manufacturing and sales network centered in Guangzhou City and selling counterfeit branded motor oil to all parts of the country emerged. water surface.

On May 29, 2019, under the unified deployment and command of the Ministry of Public Security and the District Public Security Department, and with the close cooperation and cooperation of the Guangdong Police, the Laibin City Public Security Bureau organized more than 100 police officers to conduct operations in Guangzhou, Guangdong, Foshan, Nanning, Yulin, Wuzhou and other places in Guangxi carried out simultaneous operations and arrested 57 persons involved including Tang Moujun, destroyed 18 large-scale counterfeiting filling dens and storage and wholesale warehouses, and seized counterfeit "Mobil" and "Castrol" , "Shell", "Great Wall" and other domestic and foreign well-known brands of automotive oil products, more than 5,000 bottles, more than 270,000 empty oil bottles, 27 tons of raw oil used for counterfeiting, as well as a large number of counterfeiting equipment and cartons, trademarks and other counterfeiting Engine oil packaging materials (genuine products on the market have a market value of more than 20 million yuan).

After review, 14 people were criminally detained in accordance with the law.

Take Deng Mouyong, who was investigating the processing of crude oil, as an example. Counterfeiting factories and warehouses related to this suspect are scattered throughout Baiyun District, Guangzhou. Investigators took risks and went deep into the vicinity of counterfeiting dens many times. They stayed in disguise for a long time, tracking the activities of the people and vehicles involved in the case, and finally found out the movement tracks and patterns of vehicles transporting counterfeit oil and packaging materials, and hid the gang in 8 locations where counterfeit cans and packaging materials were stored in complex terrain and hidden locations. The dens were dug out one by one.

Fake engine oil flowed to many places across the country, involving a total amount of 2.2 billion

After investigation, since 2016, Tang Moujun and other counterfeiting gangs have been operating in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong, Baiyun District, and Zengcheng District, Guangzhou The urban-rural fringe area rented factories to be demolished, purchased various types and specifications of raw engine oil from Deng Mouyong in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, and purchased oil bottles, caps, and trademarks of various counterfeit brands from Xiao Mouhao in Zengcheng District, Guangzhou. , cartons and other complete packaging materials, organize relatives and fellow villagers to fill and process them into fake brand finished motor oil, and then use the Internet and WeChat Moments to publish "high imitation" and "super high imitation" advertisements, relying on WeChat groups and QQ groups to develop in Nanning, Guangxi Lin Mouwei, Huang Moulong, Wei Mouyi and others who operate engine oil sales stores in Yulin, Wuzhou and other places serve as agents and sell in bulk through logistics. The daily production and sales volume reaches 300 to 1,000 bottles, and finally pass through unscrupulous automobile repair shops and maintenance The store sells to the majority of car owners at genuine prices and names.

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