Protective suits illegally labelled as products of Phúc Hà Company. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Prosecutors in Hà Nội have prosecuted four people for selling sub-standard counterfeit medical suits.

It is alleged they were selling the protective clothing for more than VNĐ1 billion (US$42,900) with fake labelling.

The suspects are Trương Thị Bình, 38 years old, vice director of Đức Anh Medical Services and Trade Ltd Company based in Hà Nội’s Đống Đa District, La Văn Thi, 38, sale manager of the company, Nguyễn Đức Việt Anh, 33 years old, sale employee of the company and Hoàng Văn Tới, 31 years old, worker at a hospital in Hà Nội.

According to the authorities, Hà Nội police and the city’s Market Watch Department on April 8 found Đức Anh Company’s employees had packed protective suits and labelled them as products of two other companies – Phúc Hà Medical Equipment and Pharmacy JSC in Bắc Từ Liêm District and Quang Trung Trade, Services and Printing Ltd Company in Hoàng Mai District.

From January to April 8 this year, Bình and other suspects are alleged to have bought separate protective suits and then, made fake labels, sold the suits to earn profits.

Out of the fake protective suits, 4,285 ones were labelled as products of Phúc Hà Company and Bình sold nearly 3,000 protective suits for seven organisations and individuals. Tới, a worker at an Examination Department of a hospital in Hà Nội, sold Bình 4,000 protective suits. — VNS