Nanjing police recently arrested a local businessman for infringing on the trademark of Spanish fashion brand Zara.

The suspect surnamed Cao, who operates a trading firm, bought more than 20,000 garments early this year that were left in a warehouse by Zara's Shanghai company after their labels were removed.

Cao then had counterfeit Zara labels made in Shanghai, attached them, and shipped the clothing to shopping malls for sale at prices ranging from 99 yuan ($15.7) to 399 yuan. Because he originally paid 46 yuan for each garment, he turned a profit of about 280,000 yuan.

Despite faking the trademark, Cao said he thought his business was legal because the clothes were real Zara items.

The Spanish company's Beijing office informed industrial and commercial officials in Qixia district, Nanjing of the violation in early March.

Cao's remaining inventory of nearly 8,000 clothing items was seized.

(Source: China Daily)