The Aporia · Criminal records: Crook made £2.7million from fake vinyls of artists like the Beatles and Madonna

Ryan Hooper

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Ahmed PERSON · 4× BPI ORG · 2× Madonna PERSON · 2× Rehan Ahmed PERSON · 2× west London GPE · 2× Acton PERSON · 1× City of London ORG · 1× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Ed Sheeran PERSON · 1× the British Phonographic Industry ORG · 1×

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Rehan Ahmed made millions selling fake vinyls of artists including the Beatles Other knock-off products featured the music of Madonna Police spokesman Detective Constable Daryl Fryatt said: ‘We will continue to pursue criminals who target the creative industries and bring them to justice when they do.’

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🔮 Rehan Ahmed made millions selling fake vinyls of artists including the Beatles Other knock-off products featured the music of Madonna Police spokesman Detective Constable Daryl Fryatt said: ‘We will continue to pursue criminals who target the creative industries and bring them to justice when they do.’

2026-09-22 · Daily Mail

Criminal records: Crook made £2.7million from fake vinyls of artists like the Beatles and Madonna · assertive framing

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A crook who ‘leeched’ millions from chart-topping artists by producing knock-off vinyl records has been jailed. asserted

who → see → records

Rehan Ahmed flooded the market with 200,000 counterfeits of albums by the likes of The Beatles, Madonna and Ed Sheeran. asserted

Ahmed → flood → Beatles

He used rudimentary techniques and 70-year-old equipment to record music on to blank vinyls before packaging them to look like the real thing. asserted

He → use → thing

Ahmed sold to record shops, high street stores and collectors. asserted

Ahmed → sell → shops

It is thought he made around £2.7million out of the scheme over seven years. asserted

he → think → years

He was rumbled only when trade organisation the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) carried out a test purchase and discovered the copyright infringement, leading to a police investigation. asserted

organisation → rumble → investigation

City of London Police raided Ahmed’s manufacturing plant in Acton, west London, where officers made ‘the UK’s largest seizure of counterfeit vinyl records’. asserted

officers → raid → records

They found nearly 3,000 vinyl records, along with four 70-year-old vinyl presses and 3,000 metal stampers, totalling 18 tons of evidence. asserted

They → find → evidence

Ahmed, 40, of Southall, west London, was jailed for three and a half years at Inner London Crown Court after being found guilty of being the mastermind behind ‘a long-running, highly-organised operation’. asserted

Ahmed → jail → operation

they → make → justice

The records were distributed by Ahmed under the company name Phoenix of Vinyl. asserted

records → distribute → Vinyl

Peter Ratcliffe, of the BPI, said: ‘This conviction is hugely significant. asserted

conviction → say → BPI

‘Sadly, it won’t return the tens of millions of pounds that we estimate have been leeched from artists, the record labels that support them, and the retail community that sells their music. asserted

that → return → music

‘But at least this major criminal operation has now been closed down and it sends a clear signal to other counterfeiters who are exploiting music that we are coming after them.’ asserted

we → close → them

Criminal records: Crook made £2.7million from fake vinyls of artists like the Beatles and Madonna

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