London vinyl counterfeiter jailed as police highlight ‘industrial scale’ record fraud
Rehan Ahmed, described as the man behind the largest UK case of fraudulent vinyl production, has been sentenced after building what authorities called a counterfeit empire selling fake records by artists including Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Kendrick Lamar.
A London man who authorities say ran the biggest counterfeit vinyl operation uncovered in the UK to date was jailed on Friday, according to the Guardian.
Rehan Ahmed had, since 2017, presented himself as a successful entrepreneur, the report said. Behind that image, however, was an operation built on producing and selling fraudulent records, according to the Guardian.
The counterfeit vinyl copies were made to resemble releases by some of the world's best-known musicians, including Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Kendrick Lamar, the report said.
The case has been described by anti-counterfeit police stings as evidence of fraud on an "industrial scale," according to the Guardian, which reported that thousands of knock-off records worth a substantial sum have been seized in the UK as part of ongoing enforcement efforts.
Further details of the police investigation, the scale of Ahmed's operation, and the specific sentence handed down were not fully detailed in the available source material.
Sources
- Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud — The Guardian — Culture
EGazette summarizes reporting from multiple sources; follow the links for the originals.
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