Hermes' CEO Patrick Thomas stated last week that 80 percent of the luxury goods purchased online are fake, Caijing.com.cn reported.

Hermes said French police discovered an international crime ring producing counterfeit versions of its bags, and that 12 suspects were detained in Paris and Lyon.

The company has won $100 million in compensation from several Chinese websites involved in the crime, and several members of its staff were dismissed following the investigation, with two of them being arrested.

(China.org.cn June 28, 2012)

據財經網報道，愛馬仕首席執行官帕特里克?托馬斯上周表示，網上售賣的愛馬仕商品80%都是假貨。

托馬斯透露，法國警方日前端掉了一個仿造愛馬仕皮包的國際犯罪團伙，12名嫌疑人在巴黎和里昂被捕。

據悉，愛馬仕公司已從售賣假貨的中國網站獲得1億美元的賠償。隨著調查的深入，數名愛馬仕員工被解雇，其中兩人被拘。