Nine people in Shanghai were arrested for assembling counterfeit Patek Philippe watches, with a turnover of nearly 10 million. What punishment did they get in the end?

These nine people were sentenced to three years in prison by the court, with a three-year suspension. In addition, the court also decided to impose a fine ranging from 654.38 million yuan to 1.8 million yuan.

1. Why do these nine people assemble watches?

These nine people can assemble watches mainly because they think real Patek Philippe watches are very expensive. Therefore, after research, they think that if they produce fake and inferior Patek Philippe watches, they will definitely make a lot of money.

Mr. Chen and Mr. Wang involved in the case jointly invested 900,000 yuan to open a watch workshop. Later, they found Mr. Yang and asked him to provide them with the case needed to make Patek Philippe watches.

But Mr. Yang couldn't write the words on the watch case, so he found Mr. Li and asked him to help him write the words of Patek Philippe on the watch.

In this way, Mr. Chen and Mr. Wang found three parts factories to provide them with accessories, and then they will produce fake and inferior Patek Philippe watches, which will be sold to the market at prices ranging from 30,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan, and have achieved high profits.

Second, how were they discovered?

They were discovered because a person who likes famous watches bought their watches and took them to Patek Philippe store for identification. It turns out that this watch is fake.

Later, Patek Philippe staff immediately reported to the police, and the police arrested nine people involved in the case after investigation.

Third, what kind of punishment have they received?

These nine people confessed their criminal facts after arriving at the case, and they were handed over to the Jiading District Procuratorate of Shanghai after investigation by the police.

Soon, the procuratorate prosecuted 9 of them. After the trial, the court found that these nine people were suspected of counterfeiting registered trademarks and were sentenced to three or four years in prison, with a suspended sentence of 2-3 years. In addition, he was fined 654.38 million yuan to 1.85 million yuan.