Case study · Content & IP Protection

Sweat: stopping a $10 million fraud in its tracks

One of the world's biggest fitness brands faced unauthorized reselling of its content on eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, torrent piracy, fake endorsements, impersonated accounts and counterfeit websites, a fraud problem worth $10 million.

$10Mfraud stopped
Since 2017protected as an ongoing partner
Kayla Itsines, founder of Sweat
$10M
fraud stopped
At a glance
Scale of problemUnauthorized reselling on eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, torrent piracy, fake endorsements, impersonated accounts, counterfeit sites: a fraud problem in the region of $10 million
ModelContinuous protection program since 2017, not one-off takedowns
ScopeUnauthorised resellers, piracy, fake ads and endorsements, impersonation accounts and counterfeit sites
StatusProtected partner today; the model our Protection Plans are built on
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The challenge

Sweat's scale made it a target on every front at once: branded programs resold without authorization across eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, torrent downloads of paid content, fake news endorsements trading on the brand's imagery, impersonated social accounts, fraudulent Facebook advertising, and duplicate counterfeit websites: combined, a fraud problem in the region of $10 million.

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The approach

Since 2017 we've run their protection as a continuous program rather than a series of one-off takedowns: marketplace enforcement against unauthorized resellers, torrent and piracy takedowns, removal of fake endorsements and fraudulent ads, impersonation account takedowns across platforms, and shutdown of counterfeit websites as they appear.

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The result

The brand reclaimed control of its content and intellectual property and kept growing on top of it. Sweat remains a protected partner today, the model our Protection Plans are built on: leaks and fraud caught at appearance, filed against within days, never allowed to compound.

★★★★★
“Since partnering with Content Removal's team in 2017, we have achieved significant improvements around our brand and IP protection... We cannot recommend them highly enough!”
Sam Howarth, Sweat

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