Richard Hutter charged up to £35 for counterfeit albums by bands like the Beatles and Nirvana over six-year period.
“A businessman who made more than £1m selling fake vinyl records was caught after a fan of punk band the Clash complained that the sound quality of an LP he had bought was not as sharp as it should have been.
Trading standards officers launched an investigation into Richard Hutter and found that he had been selling thousands of counterfeit records to rock and pop fans over a six-year period.
Hutter, 55, from Ringwood, Hampshire, was given a suspended jail sentence, ordered to do 250 hours unpaid work and told to wear a tag for three months.”
“He charged up to £35 for albums from bands including AC/DC, The Clash and Nirvana between 2012 and 2018.”
UK officials bought 2 sample records (Guns and Roses‘ Appetite for Destruction and Queens of the Stone Age‘s Songs for the Deaf) and both were fakes.
Supposedly his eBay username is Vinyl Groove UK if you want to check your eBay purchase history. He also sold them via a US site but at this time I’m unable to find information on the URL.
Read more at: The Guardian or at Daily Mail