A Bacup businessman sold fake designer clothes on eBay, possibly cheating genuine manufacturers and traders out of about £80,000, to dig himself out of debt, a court heard.
Father-of-two Andrew Mark Walker, 39, was rumbled when Trading Standards Officers raided his home and industrial unit after a complaint from Ted Baker.
Walker, who claimed he honestly believed the goods were genuine, had been left out of pocket to the tune of about £60,000 after a shop he and his wife ran in Burnley closed and wanted to make some cash.
Walker, who is now a £35,000 a year technical sales representative, insisted he had been naive and not dishonest after being asked to sell the goods by a family friend.
He said he had not physically inspected the clothing.
Burnley Crown Court heard that the defendant, of Gordon Street, Bacup, admitted four counts of unauthorised use of a trademark.
He was fined £500 - the same as three others involved in the enterprise who were recently sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court - and told to pay £1,500 costs.
Simon Vaughan, prosecuting for the Trading Standards Department, told the court officers executed a search warrant after the complaint on April 22, 2008.
Officers discovered 1,778 fake hooded tops, 409 T-shirts and 130 polo shirts, which all bore the trademark 'Henleys'.
There were 41 scarves bearing the name of 'Ted Baker', clothing with the 'Ralph Lauren Polo' trademark and a 'Juicy Couture' tracksuit.
Some real Marks and Spencer and Burberry clothing was also discovered at the unit.
John Gruffydd, defending, said the clothing being sold was coming from Birkenhead and was simply being stored at the unit as an overflow.
Walker would say he was honest and acted in good faith but accepted what he did didnt make the high standards the courts had imposed in such cases.
Mr Gruffydd told the hearing the defendant would say the offences were perhaps naive.
