From Bayside Patch:Residents from Oakland Gardens, Bellerose and Great Neck were among 19 people arrested in a trademark counterfeit ring bust, the Queens district attorney said.
Police dismantled four organized trademark counterfeit rings based in Queens on Wednesday and the defendants were arraigned before Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter.
The groups allegedly imported and sold counterfeit brand name apparel and other items from China to wholesale buyers throughout the United States and the Virgin Islands, Queens DA Richard Brown said. A total 19 defendants are currently in custody.
Among the defendants was Oakland Gardens’ Suk B. Yi, 18, who was charged with enterprise corruption and trademark counterfeiting. His ball was set at $100,000 and he was forced to surrender his passport. He will return to court on Jan. 28.
Bellerose’s Bobak Ahouraie, 23, was charged with trademark counterfeiting. He will return to court on Nov. 21.
And Great Neck’s Jan Sanandaji, 37, an alleged wholesale buyer, was charged with trademark counterfeiting and will return to court on Jan. 29.
Other Queens defendants included Flushing’s Jian Zhong Jian, 43, and Xiu Wei Ye, 43 and Woodhaven’s Samantha Defreitas, 26.
The alleged bosses of the operation include Brooklyn’s Izak Chaloh, 28, Yosif Mamrout, 33, and Yu Zhen Cao, 39.
Other Brooklyn defendants included Laureano Lopez, 29, Wei Feng Cao, 45, and Zhi Wei Liang, 53. Staten Island’s Xiu Yin Jin, 34, was also arrested.
The DA said the groups allegedly operated from self-storage facilities in Queens and Brooklyn, generating approximately $10 million in combined gross annual revenue.
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Was Grace's stolen Gucci bag one of the counterfeit?
Among the defendants was Oakland Gardens’ Suk B. Yi, 18
I wonder if Suk B. Yi is related to any of the pilots involved in the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco Airport on July 6?
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Suk B. Yi, 18
Bellerose’s Bobak Ahouraie, 23
Great Neck’s Jan Sanandaji, 37
Other Queens defendants included Flushing’s Jian Zhong Jian, 43, and Xiu Wei Ye, 43 and Woodhaven’s Samantha Defreitas, 26
The alleged bosses of the operation include Brooklyn’s Izak Chaloh, 28, Yosif Mamrout, 33, and Yu Zhen Cao, 39.
Other Brooklyn defendants included Laureano Lopez, 29, Wei Feng Cao, 45, and Zhi Wei Liang, 53. Staten Island’s Xiu Yin Jin, 34
Vibrant and diverse criminal gangs only work in cheesy Hollywood movies like Oceans 11, they never work in real life.
There's a reason why criminal enterprises such as the traditional Italian mafia and the Chinese Triads are successful, because they are limited to one ethnic group, and there's a higher element of social trust.
"There's a reason why criminal enterprises such as the traditional Italian mafia and the Chinese Triads are successful, because they are limited to one ethnic group, and there's a higher element of social trust.
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I wonder how they got caught then? Had to be someone from their "higher element of social trust" that ratted them out.
social trust.... LMFAO
Does anyone buying a high-end trademark item like a handbag in Queens really think they are getting the genuine item?
At least with the Mafia, we get those funny nicknames. I find that amusing.
Was Grace's stolen Gucci bag one of the counterfeit?
Wow that's certainly not racist
Looks like Brown took Renault's advice.
No it's not racist, it's funny, that's all it's meant to be. Grow up
Yep....the immigrants are at it again.....learn from it everyone after all the asians are suppose to be our "model minorites"!
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