Flipkart has filed a police complaint against its senior-level executive and one of its vendor Macrowagon Retail (MRPL) for alleging for cheating, fraud, forgery, and breach of trust, reports The Economic Times. The publication reports that Flipkart had a contract with MRPL to sell products like Skechers shoes on the platform. But apparently, Flipkart's director who was handling the vendor and MRPL were importing cheap counterfeit products and were selling them as genuine products. Flipkart reportedly found about the sub-standard products after a third-party forensic audit. The employee at the company had reportedly forged the bills, and the company had paid for things like taxes, import duties etc for the products perceived as genuine products. However, MRPL's spokesperson has denied charges, in a statement shared with ET, the vendor said that Flipkart's charges are baseless. and that Flipkart connected the vendor to the suppliers and asked it to import "these" goods for a fixed margin. "Their multiple teams have worked on this and even visited the factory in China. How can they blame me to be a fraud in this case? I have all legal contracts on which Flipkart has indemnified us from any IPR claims," the spokesperson added. Note that in December sports-wear brand Skechers had filed a case in Delhi High Court against five companies Flipkart, Retail Net, Tech Connect, Unichem Logistics and Marco Wagon for selling Skechers's counterfeit products in India. Govt Mechanism on fake products In March, The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), along with the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)…
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Flipkart files complaint against a vendor and its executive for selling counterfeit products
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