Tuesday, December 8, 2009

"Counterfeit cornucopia"

From the Times Newsweekly:

Just days before the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season, police seized a bounty of counterfeit designer merchandise with a estimated street value running into the millions from a Maspeth warehouse during a raid on Tuesday, Nov. 24, it was reported.

In all, more than 4,000 boxes containing counterfeit sneakers, handbags, wallets and shoes bearing brand name labels such as Nike, Gucci, Coach, Chanel and Louis Vuitton were among the items found by officers inside the facility. Police sources estimated that the inventory had a street value of about $10 million.

Authorities said that two vehicles — including a rental truck — and 9mm handgun were also recovered by police during the raid.

Officers from the precinct reportedly learned of the illicit enterprise while responding to an assault of a 22-year-old businessman at the location last Saturday night, Nov. 21.

During the incident, authorities said, the victim — 22-year-old Victor Hsiao of 207th Street in Bayside — was allegedly beaten with baseball bats by two Corona men — 32-yearold Zhe Song Yu and 25-year-old Feng Chen, both residents of 43rd Avenue — at around 7 p.m. last Saturday over an apparent dispute related to the merchandise inside the Flushing Avenue facility.

The officers reportedly spotted the attack in progress and brought it to an end.

Both Yu and Chen were taken into custody at the scene on assault charges. A third individual at the scene — 17-year-old Fei Peng of Holly Avenue in Flushing — was also cuffed after allegedly presenting police with forged identification.

While investigating the incident at the scene, the 104th Precinct officers reportedly learned that Hsiao was allegedly in possession of 40 cases of counterfeit merchandise.

Though Hsiao was not seriously injured in the attack, law enforcement sources said, he allegedly attempted to flee inside a truck. However, his flight from the law ended abruptly when the truck struck a concrete pillar.

Hsiao was arrested at the scene and charged with trademark counterfeiting.

12 comments:

-Joe said...

Darn !
No more $25 Rolex's !

Auntie Invasion said...

Please deport these Chinese mafia back to mainland China. Let them counterfeit in the People's Republic.

Make them take their anchor babies and assorted elderly when they finally leave.

Anonymous said...

i think they hang out at the northern blvd. DUNKIN DONUTS with Kevin "duckin" Kim,in Bayside.

will comptroller to be , john c. liu come to the rescue ?

Anonymous said...

i feel sorry for the guy who got beat up. he is f'ked once the bad guys get out. when is america going to start glamorizing the asian mob?

FlooshingRezident said...

I've been wondering about all those LV bags my relatives have been sporting. I tried to calculated how many hours they had to work to buy them, given their $9.00/hour benefits-free medical billing jobs. When did medical billing become a shit job? But I digress...

LV has lost all it's cachet in NYC - they're all fakes!

Anonymous said...

As long as China allow this violation of International Law to be exported to the US we will struggle economically. Where is the UN to go after them on this?, these are jobs be threatened in the US, Italy, France, and the UK.

Anonymous said...

35-29 153rd street is a GUARENTEED stash house for one of Canals street counterfeit operations. I've seen a van with that address on canal street unloading humongous boxes of counterfeit bags and glasses.

I live on 153rd street and this house has bars on the windows and cameras. 2 Men come twice a month and unload these massive brown cardboard boxes filled with counterfeits.

Anonymous said...

I remember all those counterfeit sweaters you could buy in Ridgewood back in the *0's . The Italian sweatshops would knock off the latest style. This will go on forever. Except it. Most people in Maspeth , Middle Village love buying this fake stuff.

Queens Crapper said...

"Except it."

Thanks, you meant to be a troll but you ended up giving us the laugh of the day!

Anonymous said...

This shit was being sold in Flushing and Chinatown, not out of the warehouse.

Anonymous said...

You used to be able to get those Rolex's for $15 in Chinatown "Joe"...
but now that the U.S. Dollar is so devalued the price has gone up.

Anonymous said...

You're lucky if they stick to counterfeiting the bags and watches. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are big business now. And don't forget the fake toothpaste that poisoned people a few years ago.