7 arrested in HCMC with 10,000 fake Chanel, Bvlgari, YSL perfume bottles

By Quoc Thang June 22, 2025 | 06:53 pm PT

A couple and five of their accomplices in Ho Chi Minh City have been arrested for allegedly importing fake Chanel, Bvlgari, and YSL perfumes and selling them on social media.

Nước hoa giả mang thương hiệu nổi tiếng. Ảnh: Công an cung cấp

Fake Channel perfume as seized by the police in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by police

Lu Hung Phat, 30, and Tran Thi Bich Lien, 29, will be questioned by the city police after being taken in last Saturday for trading counterfeit goods, smuggling and tax evasion.

They raided the business registration address, a packaging facility and a warehouse registered in the couple's names, and seized over 10,000 fake perfume bottles worth an estimated VND10 billion (US$382,000) if they were genuine.

Cảnh sát thu giữ hơn 10.000 chai nước hoa giá trị thật hơn 10 tỷ đồng. Ảnh: Công an cung cấp

Police raid a facility where fake perfume bottles are packed. Photo by police

Phat and Lien have confessed to buying the perfumes from smuggling rings that brought them from China to Vietnam.

They rented multiple locations to clandestinely store the goods and employed five people to sort and package them.

According to authorities, the group exploited communications applications and online groups to distribute the counterfeit goods to customers in many provinces and cities.