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)

据财经网报道，爱马仕首席执行官帕特里克•托马斯上周表示，网上售卖的爱马仕商品80%都是假货。

托马斯透露，法国警方日前端掉了一个仿造爱马仕皮包的国际犯罪团伙，12名嫌疑人在巴黎和里昂被捕。

据悉，爱马仕公司已从售卖假货的中国网站获得1亿美元的赔偿。随着调查的深入，数名爱马仕员工被解雇，其中两人被拘。