ضبطت الفرق الرقابية لوزارة التجارة، أكثر من 35 ألف منتج مغشوش ومجهول المصدر، لهواتف ذكية وملحقاتها، في منشأة مخالفة بالرياض.
جاء ذلك بعد عملية رصد وتحرٍّ ومتابعة، إذ ضبطت الفرق الرقابية المنشأة المخالفة، وعثرت في مستودعاتها على الهواتف المغشوشة مجهولة المصدر، وملحقاتها من كيابل شحن وسماعات وغيرها، إضافة إلى ملصقات تستخدم لتزوير بلد المنشأ، وملصقات لعلامات تجارية شهيرة.
وجرى ضبط المنتجات وإغلاق المنشأة بمشاركة الجهات الأمنية، وإحالة المتورطين في الغش لإيقاع العقوبات الرادعة بحقهم، كما تمّت إحالة القضية المتعلقة بالتقليد إلى الهيئة السعودية للملكية الفكرية بحكم الاختصاص.
ووفقاً لأحكام نظام مكافحة الغش التجاري، تصل عقوبات مخالفي أحكام النظام إلى السجن ثلاثة أعوام، وغرامات مالية تصل إلى مليون ريال، أو بالعقوبتين معاً، وإبعاد العمالة المخالفة، والتشهير بالمخالفين بعد صدور أحكام قضائية نافذة من المحاكم المختصة.
يذكر أن وزارة التجارة قد أصدرت في وقت سابق، نشرتها الربعية الموجزة لقطاع المستهلك للربع الأول من العام 2025م، متضمنةً نظرة على الجولات الرقابية في جميع مناطق المملكة عموماً، وفي منطقتي مكة المكرمة والمدينة المنورة خلال موسم العمرة والزيارة خصوصاً، ومبادرات حماية المستهلك.
ونفذت الوزارة أكثر من 132 ألف زيارة تفتيشية بجميع مناطق المملكة في مختلف القطاعات والأنشطة الاقتصادية خلال الربع الأول 2025، وشملت جهود مكافحة الغش التجاري تنفيذ أكثر من 126 ألف زيارة، ونفذت أكثر من 6,500 زيارة رقابية لمكافحة التستر.
وسلطت النشرة الضوء على أبرز أعمال البرنامج الوطني لمكافحة التستر التجاري، وأهم مبادراته في تحفيز رواد الأعمال، وأقرت لجنة النظر في مخالفات نظام مكافحة التستر غرامات مالية بأكثر من مليوني ريال على المنشآت المخالفة.
وتناولت النشرة الجهود الرقابية بمعالجة أكثر من 158 ألف بلاغ تجاري، وضبط أكثر من مليوني منتج مخالف، وإحالة 72 قضية إلى النيابة العامة.
«التجارة»: ضبط أكثر من 35 ألف منتج مغشوش لهواتف ذكيّة وملحقاتها
25 مايو 2025 - 15:06
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آخر تحديث 25 مايو 2025 - 15:06
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«عكاظ» (الرياض)
The monitoring teams of the Ministry of Commerce seized more than 35,000 counterfeit and untraceable products related to smartphones and their accessories in a violating establishment in Riyadh.
This came after a process of observation, investigation, and follow-up, where the monitoring teams caught the violating establishment and found in its warehouses counterfeit phones of unknown origin, along with accessories such as charging cables, headphones, and others, in addition to labels used for counterfeiting the country of origin and labels for famous trademarks.
The products were seized, and the establishment was closed with the participation of security authorities, and those involved in the fraud were referred for severe penalties against them. The case related to the imitation was also referred to the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property due to jurisdiction.
According to the provisions of the Anti-Commercial Fraud System, the penalties for violators of the system can reach up to three years in prison, financial fines of up to one million riyals, or both penalties together, along with the deportation of violating workers and publicizing the violators after the issuance of enforceable judicial rulings from the competent courts.
It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Commerce previously issued its quarterly bulletin for the consumer sector for the first quarter of 2025, including an overview of the monitoring tours in all regions of the Kingdom in general, and in the regions of Makkah and Madinah during the Umrah and visitation season in particular, and initiatives to protect consumers.
The ministry conducted more than 132,000 inspection visits across all regions of the Kingdom in various sectors and economic activities during the first quarter of 2025. The efforts to combat commercial fraud included more than 126,000 visits, and over 6,500 monitoring visits were conducted to combat cover-up activities.
The bulletin highlighted the main activities of the National Program to Combat Commercial Concealment and its key initiatives in stimulating entrepreneurs. The committee reviewing violations of the Anti-Cover-Up System imposed financial fines exceeding two million riyals on the violating establishments.
The bulletin addressed the monitoring efforts in handling more than 158,000 commercial reports, seizing over two million violating products, and referring 72 cases to the Public Prosecution.
This came after a process of observation, investigation, and follow-up, where the monitoring teams caught the violating establishment and found in its warehouses counterfeit phones of unknown origin, along with accessories such as charging cables, headphones, and others, in addition to labels used for counterfeiting the country of origin and labels for famous trademarks.
The products were seized, and the establishment was closed with the participation of security authorities, and those involved in the fraud were referred for severe penalties against them. The case related to the imitation was also referred to the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property due to jurisdiction.
According to the provisions of the Anti-Commercial Fraud System, the penalties for violators of the system can reach up to three years in prison, financial fines of up to one million riyals, or both penalties together, along with the deportation of violating workers and publicizing the violators after the issuance of enforceable judicial rulings from the competent courts.
It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Commerce previously issued its quarterly bulletin for the consumer sector for the first quarter of 2025, including an overview of the monitoring tours in all regions of the Kingdom in general, and in the regions of Makkah and Madinah during the Umrah and visitation season in particular, and initiatives to protect consumers.
The ministry conducted more than 132,000 inspection visits across all regions of the Kingdom in various sectors and economic activities during the first quarter of 2025. The efforts to combat commercial fraud included more than 126,000 visits, and over 6,500 monitoring visits were conducted to combat cover-up activities.
The bulletin highlighted the main activities of the National Program to Combat Commercial Concealment and its key initiatives in stimulating entrepreneurs. The committee reviewing violations of the Anti-Cover-Up System imposed financial fines exceeding two million riyals on the violating establishments.
The bulletin addressed the monitoring efforts in handling more than 158,000 commercial reports, seizing over two million violating products, and referring 72 cases to the Public Prosecution.
