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Lindsay Castelli: Boutique owner, 31, arrested in $40M scam selling fake Gucci and other designer goods
Meaww.com ^ | Oct 12, 2022

Posted on 10/12/2022 1:19:44 PM PDT by Words Matter

The police found that Lindsay Castelli would buy inexpensive clothes from China, put fake designer labels on them and sell for thousands of dollars

 

 LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: A boutique owner got arrested in an alleged $40 million designer goods scam, manufacturing fake Gucci, Chanel, DiorLONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: A boutique owner got arrested in an alleged $40 million designer goods scam, manufacturing fake Gucci, Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Prada, and other high-end labels. Lindsay Castelli, 31, was arrested on Friday, October 7 and now, faces a charge of second-degree trademark counterfeiting in the case.

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1 posted on 10/12/2022 1:19:44 PM PDT by Words Matter
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To: Words Matter
> would buy inexpensive clothes from China, put fake designer labels on them and sell for thousands of dollars <


2 posted on 10/12/2022 1:23:37 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Words Matter

Guilty.


3 posted on 10/12/2022 1:24:08 PM PDT by thescourged1
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Police said that in one case, a $10 sweatshirt was sold for $5,000.

That's quite a profit margin....

4 posted on 10/12/2022 1:24:11 PM PDT by PGR88
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I’d say


5 posted on 10/12/2022 1:24:46 PM PDT by Words Matter
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To: Words Matter

She’ll get more time than most murderers.


6 posted on 10/12/2022 1:27:50 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: thescourged1

The eyes!


7 posted on 10/12/2022 1:31:58 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: PGR88

America is loaded with suckers...look how many vote democrat!


8 posted on 10/12/2022 1:33:13 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Leep

Justice would require that she/he/it have to wear that itchy chicom krap in the pokey and show up at a county fair every year riding the dunk barrel.


9 posted on 10/12/2022 1:34:32 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: PGR88

There’s got to be some culpability on the purchaser too. $5k for a sweater? Sheesh.


10 posted on 10/12/2022 1:35:09 PM PDT by stevio
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To: Words Matter

If the label looks the same what is the difference?


11 posted on 10/12/2022 1:35:56 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: OldWarBaby

Is there a list of testimonials from satisfied customers who bought their high brow stuff from her? so proud.


12 posted on 10/12/2022 1:38:35 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: Leaning Right

If people are too stupid to notice, that’s their lookout.


13 posted on 10/12/2022 1:38:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bonemaker
America is loaded with suckers...look how many vote democrat!

It's always the women....sorry, had to mention it.

14 posted on 10/12/2022 1:40:31 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Half of the Italian and Jewish women on Long Island cried out to heaven all at once.


15 posted on 10/12/2022 1:43:04 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: Words Matter

I’m sorry, but we are going to have to start hanging thieves.

There are too many of them and they aren’t afraid of going to prison.


16 posted on 10/12/2022 1:55:54 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: PGR88

Recently I went to Belize with my better half. On Ambergris Caye there is a store that sells the LV lookalike stuff. There were 3 women in the store buying thousands of dollars worth of items ansd boasting out loud how much they made on selling the stuff as legitimate in the US. No compunction in the least and bragging about it.


17 posted on 10/12/2022 2:04:14 PM PDT by day10 (Are Britons taxed to support these people?)
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One wonders what percentage of the stuff you see people wearing is actually fake


18 posted on 10/12/2022 2:09:41 PM PDT by PGR88
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> One wonders what percentage of the stuff you see people wearing is actually fake <

As a side story, a guy I know is a huge collector of signed sports memorabilia. He’s a retired jeweler, and has money to burn. So he buys lots of expensive stuff. All with the proper documentation.

I once asked him about fakes. He estimated that perhaps 25% of his collection was fake. He just didn’t know which 25%.


19 posted on 10/12/2022 2:37:52 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: PGR88

Who in the world pays $5K for a sweatshirt?


20 posted on 10/12/2022 2:41:15 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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