The Hyderabad police on Monday arrested four men for selling counterfeit Apple mobile accessories and seized fake products worth over Rs 1 crore.
The arrested individuals—Vikram Singh, Suresh Kumar Rajpurohit, Natharam Choudhary, and Mohammad Sarfaraz—operate shops in Jagdish Market. Police said the men were selling duplicate Apple accessories by printing and affixing the Apple logo and images on packaging boxes to mislead customers into thinking they were genuine.
The seizure included:
156 EarPods
16 Apple power banks
430 Apple logo stickers
295 adapters and adapter covers with logos
61 USB cables
45 batteries
95 back glass pieces
1,430 silicone back covers
According to police, the fake accessories were sourced from Mumbai via marketing agents, and packaged in authentic-looking Apple boxes to defraud customers.
The four were arrested for violating the Copyright Act and cheating customers by selling counterfeit products to earn illegal profits. The arrested men and seized material were handed over to the Abids police station for further investigation.
