Exporter pretended vapes were sweets

An exporter sent counterfeit vapes to the US pretending they were sweets, a court heard. Brennan Burton-Angouras, 26, gave a false address and claimed his vapes were a gift. Westinster magistrates court heard. He did not enter pleas to 12 charges of fraud, possessing an article used for fraud or supplying vapes that did not meet regulation. Carl Woolf, prosecuting, told the court: ‘This case started off by way of an investigation into counterfeit vape cigarettes that started in 2021….