A New York woman was arrested in a counterfeit goods scheme allegedly making millions of dollars from manufacturing fake designer items out of the boutique she owns, according to police. NBC News’ Kristen Dahlgren reports on how investigators raided that now-closed store, uncovering the whole operation in her basement.
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If customers REALLY want the real thing, JUST go to the actual store. 5th Avenue in Manhattan. She's based in New York, not that hard. Most of NYers are suavy enough to know what's real and what's fake. Nowadays, people don't care that much.
This comment section is fire! Everyone is like this isn't really a crime. #freeLindsayCastelli
Look at store, no one believes it is real anyway.
Wanna bet she's a republican?
She’s got style
The store inside and out screams fake. I don't understand why people think all clothing were real 🙄🙄🙄 the store looks like those cheap ghetto stores sell clothes for like $5 each
Obvious fakes
Even if it was real it's NOT classy!
At 0:57 "Simple $10 sweatshirt, You put the Chanel brand on it, it sells for $5,300" – This just shows how vain people are buying a "simple $10 sweatshirt" for $5,300 just cause it has the Channel sign on it. That's what I call losers lmao
Hilarious how desperate people are to have designer goods and to look trendy. This broad understands that and got pretty rich duping lots of people
“Simple $10-dollar sweatshirt… you put the Chanel brand on it… it sells for $5,300-dollars.” -Nassau County Commissioner Patrick Ryder
PT Barnum was wrong suckers are born way more often than he estimated…gotta laugh. Not sure that mining fools should be a crime as long as you share the list with others. On the other hand if I find out my amazon basics sweatshirt is a fake, I will be outraged!
LOL…HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Police murders millions of people and ticket people with fake laws every year, taking trillions of dollars after getting paid by tax payers? How is that a bust? Cops and fire departments and all government workers should arrest themselves for robbing tax payers for centuries of trillions of dollars. You cops should shut up about this because at the end of the day you are also getting paid by taxes she paid for some of the money!!!!!
No sweater is actually worth $5,000 no matter who makes it. You're being ripped of no matter who you bought it from. First world problems! How can this be news?
$10 – $5300 = $5,290 profit is 530 times the actual cost. Thats 5,290 % profit
Those fashion designers aren't going to put up losing money from people selling knock offs.
I wonder if she shipped fake stuff over seas?
Sometimes the shipment doesn't make it through customs and is destroyed. This lady racked in the dough. Hope she paid IRS their share.
Wonder if she had any business loses during the Covid outbreak and applied for money to keep her store open and pay the people who ran the pressing machines?
All these people who are Obsessed with "Designer-everything" are Fools = you are making Someone-else $$$ RICH $$$ – save your money. All these companies are Laughing at you . . . Trust Me.
She's a hoodlum…
Because of the economic crisis that always comes up the best thing to be on every wise individual’s mind or list is to invest in different streams of income that’s not depending on the government to generate funds.
Something is wrong about her eyes they are too close together.
There are thousands like her on Amazon, Ebay, craigslist. Law enforcements are too slow to catch them…..99% comes from China.
Now people felt scammed… 🤣 I wonder if those people at the Academy (The Oscars and other events) purchase some clothing there too 🤣🤣
The real ones be imprinted not printed. So if you dont see small holes in the coloring of logo or image then its fake. Bc ink covers the holes in the fabric when you use a press, then cracks over time after so many washes
M Michigan vote unproposal 3 and let us elect tutor Dixon we need her very much
It's capitalism fault, and these brands aren't even American. This is stupid maybe ppl need to stop being sheep,.
Bruh its fkn clothes leave ppl tf alone.
Is this for real ? This is in the NYC…. She really sold it for like 2k in the US ?!?!….. I cannot believe that the US is like that. And that your government did NOT clamped down before!
Glad she was busted and on the news looking pretty stupid! She should have to pay back EVERY CUSTOMER (who they can locate) every dime they spent in her store. Hope this incident costs her more than she ever made duping people.
but which is worse the female that sold them, or the foolish females that buy them, thinking that these "goods" make their lives better
She's should be rewarded for competing against overrated Brands and sweatshops then charging ridiculous prices for item only the wealthy can afford.
So what kind of work do you do?
I'm in the Calvin Clone business..if you catch my drift.
you need some asian friends cuz, how did you get caught?
Random thoughts from Australia. Is it a crime to be stupid?? Apparently it is. Must be a slow news day if NBC is reporting on counterfeit clothes. Thanks I am here all week. I bet her prison clothes won't be fake!!!
she was doing what those brands are doing anyway. look at the trash bag sold by Balenciaga..
Does anyone question how on earth did those designers got people to pay $5,000 for a $10 sweatshirt?
Who can afford these items. Just go to the stores that are authentic.
Lol why would it be disappointing when that store as one walks in it says fake and also just looking at the shopping center
I'll. Buy that for a dollar…
Owned by dems
I can't believe I bought a $15.handbag for $5,000.
Lol, who cares
People are idiots to pay for top brands .🤔
White privileged cost to 😂
Wow that is messed up taking selling regular shirts ironing stuff on them and selling them for more prices that's a shame
Dam don’t give me any ideas
The real crime is the stupidity of the people who buy overpriced designer items in the first place.