Swede sought for selling phony iPhones
Published: 11 Sep 10 15:44 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/28926/20100911/
An Uppsala businessman suspected of having imported more than 1,400 counterfeit iPhones from China and sold them to telecom operators in Sweden is under investigation for fraud.
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Evidence gathered in the investigation suggests that several of the iPhones, which the man purchased for 400 to 500 kronor ($55-69) apiece, lacked certificates of authenticity.
In total, the man billed his clients for more than 12 million kronor ($1.65 million), money which he then transferred to a personal bank account in Estonia without reporting it to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket).
A Skatteverket audit revealed that the man transferred a total of 20 million kronor to his overseas account in 2009.
The agency is now demanding that the man, who filed for bankruptcy last year, pay 16 million kronor in back taxes and penalties.
In addition, police have launched an investigation into the man’s business dealings.
Tele2 has also launched an investigation into the matter, but has yet to find evidence that the telephones it purchased were fakes.
As of now, the company said, there is no reason for Tele2 customers to worry.
“But if it should emerge that we’re talking about pirated copies, that would be unacceptable and we would have to take responsibility,” Tele2 spokesperson Pernilla Oldmark told the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper.
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In unreported what? camels? slaves? women? goldfish? alien spacecraft?
Its getting a bit irritating the way TL leaves out one or two words in a sentence. I understand what you are trying to say but its none the less irritating.
The fact that these phones have gotten "activated" on Apples servers, and as far as I know there's no cry of them being blocked from the App Store etc just goes to show how much Apple rips us off if these were originally purchased for 400-500kr. Keep in mind the Chinese seller had to make a profit as well...
"The agency is now demanding that the man, who filed for bankruptcy last year, pay 16 million kronor in back taxes and penalties."
That still leaves him with at least 4 million in pure profit.
And the article does not mention if he is in police custody and his passport seized.
It must be nice to know how to game the system and make a mockery of Swedish laws.
, specially the PIR former teams or procure it right, if this case procure it wrong!
Me too, I hope the customers make a big noise, especially after being charged an arm and a leg for those stupid contracts.