Thought ye should know about such scams
Leanne Wertheim, 24, sold £40,000 of fake and highly toxic Chinese imitations of top make-up brands from her bedroom. The blonde health care worker used four different eBay accounts to sell fake products. Imitation cosmetics found to contain three times the legal amount of lead, which can cause brain damage and a lowering of IQ in unborn babies..
Wertheim, from Gilwern, south Wales, who offered online buyers seemingly bargain prices on top brands of mascara and foundation such as MAC, Benefit and Lancombe, led a double life - supplementing her wages as a health care worker by buying the fake makeup from China on the internet. And customers were fooled into buying make-up normally on sale for up to £30, for as little as £3.99.
Wertheim was given an eight month suspended prison sentence, ordered to carry out 160 hours community service and pay costs of £2,000 at Cardiff Crown Court.
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