A businessman sold potentially dangerous furniture and when people complained they were abused by his staff.
Abdul Farooq Dad, pictured, has been running Maymun Ltd since 2009 and employs around 40 people.
In 2015/16, it had an annual turnover of £3.9 million and made a profit of more than £100,000.
But in early 2017 the business came under the radar of Leicestershire Trading Standards following "numerous reports" from dissatisfied customers.
An investigation was launched and a test purchase of a sofa carried out in March, last year.
When the sofa arrived there was no fire safety labelling in place and when tested in a lab it failed fire safety requirements.
The product was also stated to be leather but was actually PVC plastic.
Dad, of Knighton Grange Road, Oadby, appeared before Loughborough magistrates last week after pleading guilty to a raft of consumer rights violations, including "aggressive commercial practices". In a prosecution brought by Leicestershire County Council Trading Standards, the 46-year-old admitted to a total of 36 breaches of consumer protection laws and regulations - on both his and his company's behalf.
