Exclusive: Chinese Fire-Prone Battery Found with Fake KC Certification Documents... Coupang Files Police Complaint Against Seller

Coupang has filed a police complaint against a seller who submitted forged KC certification documents for a battery and initiated a recall of the products in question.

Previously, SBS reported a case where a blower purchased from Coupang caught fire while being charged for the first time at a theme park in Danyang, North Chungcheong Province, causing more than 500 million won in property damage.

The victim had purchased the blower after seeing advertisements regarding its KC certification on Coupang's sales page. However, following the fire, the seller went into hiding, making it difficult to verify the battery's country of manufacture and the authenticity of its KC certification.

Immediately following the SBS report, Coupang conducted a full inspection of related products from the seller and confirmed that the submitted KC certification documents were fake.

While the product numbers and other details on the KC test report matched for the battery charger, the information did not match in the case of the battery.

The battery that caught fire was confirmed to have been manufactured in China.

Consequently, Coupang filed a complaint against the seller with the Gwangjin Police Station on September 10 on charges including fraud.

Additionally, Coupang issued a recall for the sold products in question.
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