The National Bureau of Investigation, together with the Intellectual Property Office, Bureau of Customs and the PNP-CIDG, have raided a warehouse in Barraca Street, Binondo, Manila owned by LFA Enterprises and have seized counterfeit merchandises including fake smartphones and tablets amounting to Php70 million.
As Ben Entico, the Special Assistant to the District Collector of Port of Manila, pointed out, most if not all of the items that were seized during the raid bears a Made in China label on the packaging. However, some of the items (Samsung and Hyundai to name a few) have Made in Korea label but were stuffed inside boxes with Made in China markings which lead the investigation team to think that these are not only counterfeit products, but also smuggled articles.
LFA Enterprises Philippines is mainly known locally as one of the biggest supplier of goods to online local online shop with a wide variety of products ranging from household items like toiletries, imported perfumes and electronic devices such as powerbanks, smartphones, tablets and media players.
During the raid, the investigating team has seized counterfeit Samsung Android devices (Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Grand, Galaxy Tab) Apple devices (iPhone 5s/5c and iPod Shuffle), as well as a ton of Android tablets from different brands, some of which don’t have an ICC label on it.
The team will conduct follow up investigation regarding this matter.
eto masasabi ko, I witnessed a raid right sa katabi kong office sa makati, nbi and cidg, nag kasahan sila ng baril sa labas walang nagawa ang guard ng building, then pinakita nila ang search warrant issued ng court sa admin.
ang siste, kinuha nila lahat ng gamit na may value kahit na hindi nasasakop sa search warrant, tapos the owner of the store is waiting for a case to be filed by them but up to now, 1 year na wala pa rin case na pina file, this goes to show you na kukunin na nila yung mga confiscated items for themselves, kasi if they filed a case, it will serve as evidence and cannot be touched.
Sad to say, maraming tama na nag comment, operation ito para ma kuwartahan ang lfa, although im not defending lfa, dapat kasi yung gadgets nila may sticker ng icc and ntc pero wala, so it means it was not legally imported. pero di mo masisi sila dahil mahirap kumuha ng legal permit, puro lagay din kasi kaya tumataas ang presyo ng goods pagdating dito na tayo din as consumers ang nag take ng burden.