A man, Rehan Ahmed, is jailed after London police uncover a counterfeiting operation involving fake vinyl records, with proceeds totaling about £2.7 million, according to City of London Police and reported by multiple outlets. The BBC says the operation takes place over several years, while Billboard reports a detailed figure for the income attributed to Ahmed.
Billboard states the counterfeit vinyl is worth around £1 million at the point of discovery and says the investigation estimates Ahmed generates income of £2.7 million. It also reports the scheme runs from 2017 to 2024. The BBC similarly frames the case as spanning multiple years and attributes the figures to City of London Police, but without the same range of dates in its brief report.
Together, the coverage indicates law enforcement identifies significant sales of counterfeit vinyl and attributes substantial earnings to the defendant, with the timeline described as multi-year and extending from the late 2010s into the mid-2020s.
