Arrested 3 suspects, seized 100 tons of books in a huge fake book production ring

On the evening of January 4, information from the Hanoi City Police Department of Security Investigation said that this agency has just issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and issue an order to temporarily detain Nguyen Tien Dat (30 years old, residing in Yen Hoa Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi), Phan Thanh Long (24 years old, residing in Dan Quyen Commune, Tam Nong District, Phu Tho) and Dinh Van Thinh (30 years old, residing in Ngoc Liep Commune, Quoc Oai District, Hanoi) to clarify the crime of "producing and trading in counterfeit goods", stipulated in Article 192 of the Penal Code.

Police force counts evidence

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Initially, the Hanoi City Police Department of Security Investigation determined that since 2018, Dat opened a used bookstore at 676 Lang Street (Dong Da District, Hanoi). During the business process, Dat saw that the market demand was high but the source of textbooks was scarce, so since 2020, he had the idea of ​​renting a warehouse, buying machinery to produce and bind fake books.

To get capital, Dat invited Long and Thinh to work together. Long was responsible for running the printing workshop, Dat managed the sales. Because he had no capital, Thinh was paid 9 million VND/month to manage the printing workshop.

Police searched a fake book workshop of the defendants.

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Hanoi City Police determined that Dat's group produced, printed, packaged and traded a large number of fake books from many different publishers.

During the search of 8 warehouses of this group, the police seized about 100 tons of fake books, 2 color printers, 37 photocopiers, 6 cutting machines, 10 binding machines and many related machines and exhibits.