3 Apr 2014
Follows back to back raids against retailer, distributor and importer employing new tactic of selling fake authenticity stickers to mislead consumers into buying PCs with pirated software as genuine. The Criminal Investigation Division of Sri Lanka Police successfully conducted several raids against distributors, re-sellers and importers of counterfeit Microsoft certificates of authenticity (CoA). Based on results secured during the raid against the re-seller, the Police conducted subsequent raids against a main supplier and importer/local source of the fake CoA stickers.