ROMOSS fined and confiscated over 1.24 million yuan for violating mandatory certification regulations and false advertising

On December 12th, information on the website of the Shenzhen Market Supervision and Administration Bureau showed that recently, Shenzhen Romoss Technology Co., Ltd. was fined 1.23 million yuan and had its illegal income of more than 12,000 yuan confiscated by the Nanshan District Bureau of the Shenzhen Market Supervision and Administration Bureau for violating mandatory certification regulations and false publicity. The reason for the penalty was an illegal act related to certification and accreditation.

The website of the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System shows that Shenzhen Romoss Technology Co., Ltd. was established in March 2012 with a registered capital of 6 million RMB. The legal representative is Lei Shexing. The company's business scope includes domestic trade, import and export business, design and sales of clothing, development and sales of computer software and information system software, design, integration and operation and maintenance of information systems, information technology consulting, and design and R & D of integrated circuits.

In June this year, Romoss power banks attracted attention after they were banned in several universities in Beijing due to self - explosion and spontaneous combustion incidents. After that, Romoss issued an apology statement and announced the recall of some power banks. The reason for the recall was problems with the raw materials of some battery cells. A very small number of products might overheat during use, posing safety hazards.

In fact, Romoss is not the only power bank manufacturer to initiate a recall. According to a report by CCTV News on September 25th, under the influence of investigations by market supervision departments, Shenzhen Romoss Technology Co., Ltd., Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd., and Xiaomi Communications Technology Co., Ltd. decided to recall power bank products with safety hazards, involving a total of more than 1.35 million units.

Among them, Romoss recalled a total of 167,000 power banks (accounting for 34.1% of the total recalled volume), with a refund amount of 22.837 million yuan.

The spontaneous combustion and recall incidents of power banks have had an important impact on Romoss's operations. There have been frequent changes in the equity and legal representatives of Romoss and its affiliated companies. According to Tianyancha, on July 2nd this year, Lei Shexing stepped down as the legal representative of the company, and Lei Xingrong took over. On July 4th, the legal representative of the company was changed back to Lei Shexing from Lei Xingrong.

On July 6th, Romoss officially issued a notice of suspension of production and holidays. The notice stated that with the continuous changes in the market environment and the development needs of the company's business, after research and decision by the company's shareholders' meeting, the company would suspend production for some time. The suspension period would last for 6 months starting from July 7th, 2025. Except for employees related to the recall, the rest of the employees would stop work and production.

According to Jimu News, on December 12th, a reporter contacted the customer service of the Romoss flagship store. The other party said that "the suspension of work is a normal organizational structure adjustment within the company, and currently the customer service center is operating normally." However, they also said that "the hotline is currently under renovation and cannot provide services for the time being." The reporter then called Romoss's publicly available contact number, but no one answered.

Tianyancha shows that currently, Shenzhen Romoss Technology Co., Ltd. has a total of 348 self - risks, 54 peripheral risks, 1,624 historical risks, and 77 early - warning notices.

This article is from the WeChat official account "Jiemian News", and is published by 36Kr with authorization.