Boonlua Chatree
Chonburi provincial police have red-carded a British man
and Thai woman for allegedly selling counterfeit football jerseys over the
Internet at up to 300 percent markups.
Christopher Game and Thiptanya Rashkaew are led away to face charges of
selling counterfeit merchandise over the Internet.
Christopher Game, 39, and Thiptanya Rashkaew, 38, were
arrested Oct. 15 at their P.S. Mansion apartment on Soi A.R. and charged
with trademark infringement. A team of Region 2 Crime Suppression officers
seized 456 jerseys for 25 different English, European and international
football teams, as well as copious amounts of billing and shipping
materials.
Investigators said the two were earning a lucrative
living selling kids-sized jerseys on their website at SiamSoccerKids.com.
They allegedly bought the counterfeit goods for 100-150 baht each and sold
them online at 3,000-5,000 baht each. The website is now offline, but a
cached copy of the site shows James had marketed the clothing as “unbranded”
and “replica” jerseys.
Unbranded or not, selling items bearing trademarks
registered in Thailand is illegal and both of the web entrepreneurs will be
benched for some time to come.
