7 arrested for trading counterfeit brand-name products in Yamagata

Wednesday 10th September, 10:36 AM JST

YAMAGATA —

Police on Tuesday arrested seven people, four Japanese and three South Koreans, for illegal possession and sale of fake brand-name products in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture.

The seven were arrested for allegedly possessing and selling fake brand-name products, such as Louis Vuitton and Hermes bags, through online websites for mobile phones from April of 2005 to July this year, for a total of 130 million yen. Police have impounded about 6,0000 fake brand-name items so far at their office.

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thepro at 12:54 PM JST - 10th September

I wonder how many of the thousands of LV bags I see stupid women walking around with every day are fake...
romulus3 at 12:59 PM JST - 10th September

I wonder how many stupid men have fake LV bags.
gerriburn at 03:02 PM JST - 10th September

I feel bad for those ladies who shell off tons of money for fake Hermes. Authentic and fake louis vuitton's aren't really hard to notice.
lipscombe at 12:12 AM JST - 11th September

easy to spot a Rouis Buitton.
OgieDoggie at 01:21 AM JST - 11th September

No mention of where these counterfeit brand-name products were made. If brought in from another country then how did it get thru customs?
lipscombe at 08:20 AM JST - 11th September

they were disguised as eels
Itabashiku at 11:40 AM JST - 11th September

Is that 6,000 or 60,000? A Typo? Thepro, quite a few are. My wife used to work for Gucci and LV and she sees some everyday. They are not hard to spot really for people that know LV. There are some really good copies out there that pass as authentic without a really good look.
seggahme at 08:32 PM JST - 16th September

i think, every customer has known that it was fake brand