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- Police jailed Rehan Ahmed for three and a half years after busting a counterfeit vinyl ring.
- Ahmed earned £2,743,000 selling fake records between 2017 and 2024.
- Police seized 2,791 counterfeit vinyl items featuring 108 artists such as Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift.
- The raid uncovered four 70-year-old presses, 3,000 stampers and 18 tonnes of evidence.
- The Phoenix of Vinyl operation ran from an Acton warehouse in Southall, west London.