A business has been fined for selling counterfeit goods online.

The premises of company Candy Fusion, run by Personalise, Accessorise and Glamorise Ltd was visited by council enforcement officers in January 2013.

The business sells both branded and unbranded accessories from the unit at The Sidings in Hainault Road, Leytonstone.

Officers were tipped off that some items may not be genuine.

In court on Friday, the owner of the company, Nazira Bemath, 39, pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit goods.

During the hearing at Thames Magistrates Court, prosecutor Maria Loye-Collins said: “Complaints were received by trading standards in September 2012 regarding the sale of counterfeit belt buckles.

“A warrant was obtained to search the business and trading standards officers were accompanied by trademark representatives.

“A quantity of items including belt buckles lighters and bags were seized. In total 2187 items were seized.”

Mrs Bemath and three staff members were present at the unit at the time.

A total of 60 Porsche belts were found to be fake, along with 38 Monster hats, hundreds of Angry Birds lighters and some Manchester United merchandise.

The business owner said at the time that some goods had been purchased from an ‘Afghani male’ who visited the workplace.

A tearful Ms Bemath told the court how she regrets not overseeing all of the buying.

“First I would like to apologise. I feel really humiliated and ashamed. This is my first time in a situation like this,” she said.

“It has never been my intention to sell counterfeit goods.

“All I can say is there are occasions where I have given permission to staff members to purchase goods. I should have over looked everything at all times.

“I have obviously made a major mistake and I have learnt my lesson.”

Mrs Bemath admitted four charges of possessing goods with a false trademark for sale or hire.

As company director of Candy Fusion she also admitted five charges on behalf of the company.

She was fined £1520.