The recent news proved what we at iSafeTrade.com have known for a long time: you can't trust Alibaba Gold Suppliers:
We have known this because, in the process of doing our investigation of suppliers as part of our iSafeTrade Supplier Verification Reports we've found people on Alibaba with Gold Supplier who are imperosnating legitimate companies (and therefore able to get Gold Supplier status) although they are not actually affiliated with the company. I've written about this in the past here: Alibaba Gold Supplier and TrustPass Impersonators
