HP’s anti-fraud programme seizes goods worth ₹80 crore in one year

New Delhi: HP Inc.’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) programme has seized counterfeit products worth ₹80 crore in India in the past one year with Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) leading the chart with products worth ₹33.5 crore.

The PC major’s ACF programme helps combat production, distribution and sale of counterfeit ink and toner printing supplies, the company said on Monday.

Bengaluru came a close second with seized products worth ₹22 crore followed by Mumbai and Chennai with seized products worth ₹6.5 crore and ₹3.5 crore, respectively.

“Law enforcement authorities conducted raids at over 170 premises resulting in 144 arrests across India. Among the products seized during the raids were finished and unfinished cartridges, packaging materials and various sets of labels. These seized cartridges and labels were used to manufacture counterfeit HP print supplies,” the company said in a statement.