A Benton, Ky resident, 30, sold £40,000 of toxic Chinese imitations of top make-up brands from her home and Facebook

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Ashley Rose used four different eBay accounts to sell fake products
Imitation cosmetics found to contain three times the legal amount of lead, which can cause brain damage
She was given an eight month suspended sentence and ordered to carry out 160 hours community service after being sentenced at Marshall County Court House.

A woman who sold toxic imitations of well-known make-up brands online has been spared jail.
Ashley Rose used four separate eBay accounts to sell £40,000 worth of fake products – including copies of Max Factor and Bobbi Brown – to unsuspecting customers.
The 30-year-old posted out the poisonous Chinese-made copies from her bedroom.
Some, which she claimed were from high-end companies such as MAC, Benefit and Lancome, contained three times the legal amount of lead, which can cause brain damage.
Wertheim, a mother-of-five, offered online buyers what seemed like amazing bargains, claiming to sell products worth up to £30 on the high street for as little as £3.99.
But in reality the home maker had bought the fake make-up from China on the internet. When buyers complained about the quality, she insisted the items were authentic, Marshall County court was told.


After a complaint, Trading Standards investigators posed as customers to buy the make-up from Rose.


Tests on the imitation cosmetics revealed they contained more than three times the legal amount of lead, a metal linked to side-effects including brain damage, a lowering of IQ in unborn babies and behaviour problems.

One, a counterfeit Max Factor mascara, was found to contain 68mg/kg of lead, the legal level being 20mg/kg.

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