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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Francis Louie C. Añiga

Fake Vinyl Empire: Four 70-Year-Old Presses Powered £2.7m Racket That Included Taylor Swift and Beatles

Rehan Ahmed, 40, of Cranleigh Gardens, Southall, West London, generated £2,743,000 through the sale of counterfeit vinyl records between 2017 and 2024 (Credit: Screenshot from City of London Police)

A man who generated about £2.74 million from selling counterfeit vinyl records made using four 70-year-old presses has been jailed for three years and six months.

Rehan Ahmed, 40, of Southall, west London, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Friday for what City of London Police called 'a long-running, highly organised and entirely unlicensed manufacturing operation'.

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