Police Raided Company Selling $30 Million Of Knock-Off Legos

Police Raided Company Selling $30 Million Of Knock-Off Legos

The toy company Lepin was raided by Chinese authorities in Shenzhen, China last week for allegedly manufacturing fake Lego products.

The Chinese company

posted a message on its website to say that at the request of the Chinese Government and Shanghai Police, it is temporarily stopping production of their block sets starting in May.

Chinese authorities

raided Lepin’s factory located in Shenzhen, China last week after discovering it was allegedly manufacturing fake Lego products.

The raid turned up $30 million worth of counterfeit Legos and police arrested four people, the BBC reported.

NPR

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/27/717840078/everything-is-not-awesome-for-chinese-company-busted-for-selling-fake-legos?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Fake Lego manufacturers apprehended in China | Euronews

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