If you wanted something from Gucci and were willing to pay the price, wouldn't you go to an actual Gucci store and not some place in a strip mall next to a bagel shop??
Aren't Gucci sweatshirts just shirts with press printed labels anyways?? And I'm pretty sure Gucci gets a lot of its materials from China so saying "cheap China made shirts" is kinda dissing their own brand lmfao
I have little sympathy for anyone paying thousands of dollars for...a sweatshirt. And why in the world would anyone be spending big money on "designer" goods from what looks like a Dollar Store in a cheap strip mall anyway? Of course she should be punished for fraud, but the people who enabled such an operation to flourish might want to reassess their own values.
lmao @Molay, you got top comment! lmao if you pay 5k for a pen, you deserve to run out of ink! Its shocking the prices people pay for some of this commercial sillyness. Almost sad. But then again someone was foolish enough to give them the money in the first place, as this is their mentality of risk. How fascinating.
If someone went to a store called Linny's in a strip mall and actually believed they were getting Channel, Gucci, etc., then they deserve to get screwed.
Exactly, just look at that store and the name and logo 😂 I’m sorry, but this shop looks more like a Rainbow Shops 🌈 (if you’re from NY you know) anyone with an eye 👁 on quality will immediately know. To me this scam mostly it shows that majority of people have never experienced quality products.
They didn’t the police says that’s how much a channel sweater cost. They did that to make her look worse. I’m sure people knew it was fake and they def didn’t spend 5k that’s facts he said if all of her merchandise was real she would’ve had 40 mill in merchandise. Please pay attention
No, she didn't. There is a BIG difference in the genuine merchandise vs not. The feel and durability are far superior. What she DID prove was that shoppers are ignorant enough to not know the difference, which is the sad part.
@@sew_gal7340 agree! Prices go up and the quality has really sunk. I bought one of the new mini bags and returned it after I compared it to a few of my classic flaps from even just a few years ago. It’s horrible. Same with Louis Vuitton, their quality has reallllllly sunk. Worse than Chanel.
@@senorgato70 lol you are dumb. They are all made in China. All come from the same material. Same with the Supreme nonsense. It was all Hanes crap with Supreme logo. Even the AUTHENTIC ones. lmfao
There is no way in hell she was selling those low quality sweatshirts for 5K, if she really sold them at that price her customers deserve to get ripped off! 😂😂😂
thats what I said.. Who in the hell would buy a hoodie for $5000 from this cheap looking ghetto store? They don't even have $5000 at Harrods in London.
Right 😡😤👍 that's exactly what they do ,‼️‼️‼️that's why they make millions of fools that pay for thier Taiwan and China merchandise slap with the name brand and tag change 🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️😵💫
I have a real hard time believing that anyone who bought Chanel or Gucci anything from a strip mall in Long Island thought they were buying legit brand items. I also have a hard time believing she was passing off heatpressed vinyl shirts as authentic - or that she was able to sell a cotton/poly blend hoodie for $5k
I'm having a hard time sympathizing with the people she scammed. If you're willing to spend thousands of dollars on any item of clothing because of a label, you kinda deserve to get duped.
I thought that too but those companies spent millions developing their brand. There is value owning a piece of it it’s almost like shares in the company.
I swear the only way to not be shadowbanned to the shadow realm is to piggyback somebody else's chops, anyways Aren't Gucci sweatshirts just shirts with press printed labels anyways?? And I'm pretty sure Gucci gets a lot of its materials from China so saying "cheap China made shirts" is kinda dissing their own brand lmfao
Exactly. If it looks exactly like the real thing, who really cares? The only one that should be complaining is the original company, and it should be a civil suit.
@@harmonyquinn2557 I, as the consumer, care. Because I'd rather buy an authentic piece and know I'm supporting the designers who put work into designing and creating the product, rather than some Chinese sleezebag who just copies and tries to rip people off
@@harmonyquinn2557 All consumers care including you. Those who paid a certain amount should get what they paid for not a knockoff. You must be from China 🇨🇳 with that mentality. 😶
I have a hard time believing anyone would buy designer items in a store like that. The very few times I choose to buy a designer item, it’s always through the designer or a reputable source. Plus, if you’re going to spend thousands of dollars, at least get the designer experience-you’ll get the pretty designer shopping bags, ribbons and boxes when you buy from the actual designer rather than a store front like this one
Right, plus they made it seem like she just screen prints logos on the hoodies and that's it.. Like there's no way anyone paid $5,000 for a shitty hoodie with a Chanel logo screen printed that has no neck tag or anything 😂 I don't think they got all the facts right before they made this video.
Yah, but i think media news is over exaggerating it. No one will anyhow buy to that store front with that prize that doesn’t have those luxuries experience such as shopping boxes or even a ribbon as u mentioned.
I truly doubt she was selling anything for 5000$ out of a store that looks like that I’d say each and every one of her customers knew they where fake and shopped there for that reason if there wasn’t a market for fake items like that she wouldn’t be there hats off to her for making a living shouldn’t some customers pay the price with her
This is actually hilarious to me. I never understood why people pay so much money for expensive brands. She is a criminal, but the people who pay for that stuff deserve to be dooped for their vanity.
Fashions a hobby just like any other, you could make that argument for lots of things. There's people who collect and pay stupid amounts of money for rare comics, cards, cars, all kinds of things.
@@jennifermcgoldrick6323 Take a look at his paintings. You could be better I'm sure, heck your 5yo could do better lol. Point being people can be convinced to pay millions for a piece of crap.
Mhm. I love how a little blonde lady gets arrested for fraud, in a capitalist country, ruled by governments, fraudulently masquerading as facilitating inside democracy, fueled & directly “influenced” (willfully controlled) by big corporations, with big fat logos that they created much in the same damn way.
If I were gonna pay that much money for a Chanel brand I’d buy directly from the brands store. I wouldn’t think Chanel would be selling their clothes in a strip mall
I don’t believe anyone for one minute believe they were buying real items. Realistically which wealthy person is buying Gucci and Chanel from a market stool?? The police definitely lied about how much she was charging for her items
If you gonna pay $5,300 for a hoodie.. why would you do it at some hole in a wall strip mall boutique? If you got that kind of money, you're not gonna care about saving a couple of dollars by buying it from a discount boutique. May as well go to the actual Gucci store.
@Joe First of all Kohls DOES NOT have the same level of creativity & craftsmanship that goes into high end fashion. There is a BIG difference in look & quality. I personally could care less about what someone else does with their money and if they choose to spend more on high end fashion,who am I to assume they are shallow? If they got it,it’s their business how they spend it….
@Joe I see lots of wealthy people wearing high end clothes. That’s who I’m referring to. If you can afford it, they look better and is of higher quality. Go to Kohls, then go to Gucci. If one doesn’t get stuck on price (which means you shouldn’t be in there in the 1st place) you would see the difference…
Also,the reporter says that someone paid $5000 for a hoodie. That’s someone who has the money who couldn’t tell the difference. I could see from watching it on TH-cam that that hoodie wasn’t worth $5000!😂….
They all the same the name brand are paying some poor as Asian workers in Asia $10 to do the same thing the lady in the video is doing the only different Is they own the brand that all
That is called capitalism. A merchant offers their goods at a price and the customer is free to pay it or not. If someone is vain enough to pay 500 hundred dollars for a cotton jumper just because it has a designer name on it, more fool them. 00
@@larainyday964 I know, I'm just saying it could have been nice if she didn't do that and just opened her own store with original material. Selling 40 million is pretty impressive.
She is a pure genius! Much respect to her. And there is no way a sweater sells for $5k, even the real ones sell for $500. That cop is definitely exaggerating
1:03 That police commissioner wasn't exaggerating... He just can't read!!!😆 The Total of ALL the shirts was $5,700.00 and $40,950.00 - He said $5,300.00 for one sweatshirt and held up a hoodie!!! SMDH The Total for Sweatshirts was actually $9,450.00 and $26,500.00 (Pause at 1:11 to see the price list)
Right! An original Chanel wool top sells for $2,900, I just checked the website. And it looks formal, so wtf was dropping $5,300 for a dusty ass sweatshirt that didn't even look like the heavy weight cotton you pay $10 more for in regular stores?
Not a lot of effort considering the payoff. The risk < reward for the shop owner. Takes a long time to get a brand premium like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, etc.
So we're pretending lots of those same brands' merch isn't mediocre quality stuff with the brand's logo in it, to begin with? Those same brands have whole separate lines, not as "classy" and high quality, made exclusively to be sold at lower prices to the commoners that wouldn't be able to afford their top tier stuff. So yes, it's illegal, but I also hope this lady was smart enough to hire a very good lawyer just in case she got busted 😂
You’re paying for the “opportunity cost” and the “status” and exclusivity of the brand. To some people its worth having a $500 shirt if they’re making 20k a month and it “brings” them a better “status/perception ” in society to separate them from blue “collar” workers…like a realtor, banker, investor etc… But most people aren’t living that scenario and maxing out their cards working retail or pay check to pay check.
@@noah2339 yup. I can understand spending more for more quality, if one can afford it. I can even understand spending more for the feeling of exclusivity. But if millions of others have the same thing, then what's the point 😩
@@angstbringer2992 You can tell if it’s real or not real looking at the person and the other things they own. If some girl has a 2k handbag and gots $1,500 bucket… Good chance that handbag is fake, and if it’s real, people are going think it’s fake anyways because it doesn’t “line up” with that “status”. You know how many times I seen people with “chinaman Gucci” in a 96 Honda 😂
I refuse to wear anything that conspicuously displays a brand because I'm not going to be a free walking billboard for any company. Also, I feel no need to wear expensive clothing to try to impress anyone.. People who dress to impress have their priorities wrong and tend to be shallow narcissistic idiots in my opinion and deserve to be taken advantage of if they're so stupid. They don't get my sympathy. On the other hand, I stand for law and order and feel the fraudulent behavior of the woman accused is also wrong and should be dealt with in the harshest way permitted by law.
LOL "She was selling a sweatshirt that cost her $10 for thousands of dollars" Yes and how much do you think it cost to make an actual Gucci shirt? If you're not stupid enough to pay this much you wont be charged this much.
The "crime" is people who are so phony and shallow that they feel they must purchase these items. They are a social disgrace. That we use law enforcement to protect these people is another disgrace.
I actually think it is hilarious. If you think a clothing item is worth more just because of the NAME on it. And you can't even tell the quality difference.
18 months!! They were investigating this "crime" for 18 months!! They couldn't find more important crimes than this one. SMH Release this woman and throw her "unsuspecting" customers in jail.
This is why Sheriff's don't respect the PD. Lames. They tried to criminalize her by saying these sell up to 5k knowing damn well it ain't that type of party.
Come on people! We're talking about expensive brands that cost thousands of dollars per garment, being sold in a shop, in a strip mall, with a neon pink, plastic sign with the name Linny's on it 🙄.... I'm amazed no one found it suspicious up to now ...
😑 ppl who can actually afford real Gucci know that the best way to get these items without getting conned is to buy them from the actual designer or having them authenticated if you buy them second hand!
OMG I moved from NY about 30 years ago (went to college and the military). Chuck Scarborough was a news anchorman when I was in Junior high and High school. He still looks good. Cheers to good health!!
She was trying to make money, as anyone would, half the world already makes counterfeit items because the real ones are unbelievably unattainable at times too. I understand thats unethical and fraudulent, but also for the customers, how do you not know they are fake? And if you have that much money to buy a $5.3k sweatshirt, then why not go to the actual store. Everyone has their ways to earn a living, may not be the most appropriate convenient way, but it’s a way for oneself. The fact that she stated they were “real” though, is not okay. Don’t lie about it to your valuable consumers. Cmon lady.
Honestly I feel like this is a good description of luxury clothing. Cheap clothing with a famous logo turns clothing maid in china into "high end luxury goods". Yeah, that says a lot about the lack of quality when people don't even realize the difference. I have 0 sympathy for the people scammed, they pretty much got what they wanted. Over priced cheap clothing with a logo for thousands.
I’m sure her items were of higher value than the real designer items to begin with. Those designers are robbing people as well. $5K for a shirt or pants should be a crime as well.
@@kinanlaham744 Her switching has nothing to do with the fact that other people will be skeptical shopping at boutique's for luxury brands. So like I said she ruined it for others!!!
😮😮😮How did she get busted, meaning how folks knew these were knock-offs? This happens all over China Town in NY. I don’t see any arrest happening in China Town. SMFH. But Rich people don’t buy big $5000+ name brands.😅Steve Jobs never owned Gucci
Steve Jobs owns a 10,000 dollar sweater lol. Gucci isn’t the most expensive brand it’s just one of the most popular and well known brands. But millionaires and billionaires are not shopping at the same stores as us
People go to Chinatown TO BUY FAKES...people went to Linny's because they (stupidly) thought they were buying the real thing...so what is your point? And people ARE arrested in Chinatown if they are caught. AND rich people DO buy luxury goods, the assertion that they don't, shows you to be making up shit to prove a point in your own head.
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.
That tells you how brands are such a waste of money. You're only paying for an ego boost and to show others that you are from a certain class. Instead, work on eliminating the need for validation, and invest your money in stocks
thanks to the officer for exposing the real brands shady operations...i believe only 30% of the brands goods is of actual quality...the other 70% is an actual 10 dollar tshirt with the logo pressed on it.
If you’re spending thousands on a sweatshirt, it’s your money do what you want but i don’t feel bad for you if you got taken by this woman. I’m not saying what she did was right but hell i slightly commend her. Free this woman.
It shows what a shallow Society we have where somebody would pick up a $10 sweatshirt and pay $1,000 for it because it had a stamp of some elitist who is convinced people that they must wear the mark on their shirt to belong to be important or to have self-worth. I want bought a Coach purse for my daughter at the outline shopping mall for $125. At the regular mall I brought it in the Coach store and was looking and asked if they had purses like that and they actually did have purses that looked pretty close to identical and the lady had to look in the tag inside and she showed me a little leather tag and she said the only real difference is on the ones they sell at the outline malls there's a different letter on the leather little inner tag that tells them if it was May there or if it was for the main malls to sell at top price as the "real deal". The difference would be in hundreds of dollars yet from the exterior you could even tell the difference. I guess it begs the question why are any of us even buying into this why would we even wear something on the exterior of our shoe that tells everybody else that we belong to the cult of thinking that that is our self-worth? Not home nonsense started when I was in around Junior High. Before that people didn't go around with big Nike swoops on their shirts and think they're cool because of it, because some sports star said it was cool. So I've mixed feelings about this woman on the one hand I kind of feel like good for her it just shows how shallow of a society we live in. On the other hand she needs to pay back all those people or do community service or something I don't think she should go to prison I think it should teach everybody a big huge lesson that we're in a big number or letter or logo on the outside of your clothes is actually stupid. And a note to the scammer lady if you get out on bail, and you want to free reading I'll be happy to do one for you and put it on my channel, haha
I love the shot of her house with the American flag in the background. pretty much sums up the average American mindset... I'll steal from my fellow countrymen but still take pride in my country 😂🤣😅
@@imoldgreggboosh3467 So exploiting someone for there stupidity and in turn making a HUGE profit you would not consider to be stealing? I know the way i was raised that sure is plain and simple...
@@HelloMoto393 Seems to me that she had a small shop charging outrageous prices. You don't want to buy, then walk away. Somehow that just doesn't equal stealing, plain and simple no matter how you were raised.
@@imoldgreggboosh3467 no she was ripping people off selling counterfeit items in the store at a hefty price.... did you even watch the video? stop trying to stick up for a vile woman
How in the world did these dummies get duped? I thought New Yorkers were smarter than this. designers only sell in specific high end stores or their own flagship stores
"The problem?" People desiring these brands like it means anything, and trying to find a shortcut to own these brands. That's the problem. Not only do people *want* these status symbols, but they also think they can get it with a deal. That's the only problem i see. I won't fault the store owner for hustling. This reminds me of the Tinder Swindler. Like, damn it sucks you got scammed, but the bait takes a little greed to be bitten.
I'm proud to say I've never owned a designer, purse, designer, shoes, anything designer really because why I just can't justify spending that much money on a damn purse. I'm really sick and tired of the "look at me and what I have" when you die, you're not taking none of that and I promise you that your maker could care less about what kind of purse you had and how much money you had or even what kind of degree you have. People place value in the strangest places.
@@tlwest21 absolutely. I mean, i can't say i don't own any designer or brand names. But i will say, never sought for them, or went broke trying to chase that symbol. I think there's nothing wrong in buying anything, but just be mindful of whether you're using "it" or being using by "it" whether that's fashion brands or any kind of products. But, don't go around believing that these brands or whatever names bear any value. Like you said, our makers do not care. Long rant short: i believe we need to be more mindful of our values in ourselves (character, honor, respect) and not in other things we buy to project some kind of value.
Bravo, well spoken. It's all in the mind of the beholder. I praise this woman for capitalizing on a business situation. If people are going to give in to their own greed for material objects, that's their mental issue, no one else's
I agree, conspicuous consumption may be an issue. But Gucci has put in the time, energy and money to sell overpriced goods to materialistic clout chasing customers. Gucci has earned that right to do that. And it’s immoral And illegal for the suspect to poach the Gucci name and brand like the bottom feeding parasite that she is. She belongs in a cage.
@@apoc2500 Absolutely. Again, crimes, lies, mistruths, aren't great. But of all things, THIS does not seem that black and white. The "victims" was also trying take advantage just as much as the owner, soo...lol BUT let me reiterate to any impressionable young people. Don't take advantage of people, please.
Anyone paying 5300 for a sweatshirt needs help. The boutique owner is definitely in the wrong here. But folks aren’t feeling anything for the customers of that place. The sad part is that if she had a shop in that spot selling folks cheap baked goods or soaps or crafts for major mark ups she’d make a great living. Legally. Maybe next time. I have a feeling she will do fine in whatever prison hustle she gets into.
If you wanted something from Gucci and were willing to pay the price, wouldn't you go to an actual Gucci store and not some place in a strip mall next to a bagel shop??
Because she wasn’t charging Gucci prices.
you forget, image is everything and quality no longer has a value
@@apoc2500 lol quality, what never was can never be.
Exactly!!
Aren't Gucci sweatshirts just shirts with press printed labels anyways?? And I'm pretty sure Gucci gets a lot of its materials from China so saying "cheap China made shirts" is kinda dissing their own brand lmfao
The fact that they thought it was real is insane.
Insane! It lets you know there's something mighty wrong with society
Right two arms, a hood, a head hole,.... Looks like it's worth $5,000 to me 🤷. 🤣🤣🤣
Blind consumption, keeping up with the Kardashians, or the Joneses in my day! Shallow women who must brand themselves!
Exactly
@@enough1494 Yup, cause if they knew ANYTHING about these brands they would know they are ONLY sold at a registered store.
The fact that a $10 sweatshirt is now $5k because of a printed logo is sad in itself.
Yeah! ...... an average woman put on makeups to make themselves looks gorgeous.......LOL
Yup.🤯
@@vangcruz4442 you're going to need a lot of it .
That’s unfortunate., hence why I’ve been making my own clothing for years
@@thechatsmeow5979 yes, "it", I do need a lot of?......"it" is this the same "it" from the "it" from Steven King's "it"?
I have little sympathy for anyone paying thousands of dollars for...a sweatshirt. And why in the world would anyone be spending big money on "designer" goods from what looks like a Dollar Store in a cheap strip mall anyway? Of course she should be punished for fraud, but the people who enabled such an operation to flourish might want to reassess their own values.
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My thoughts exactly.
Yes, we'll said.
Because they’re shallow and stupid
lmao @Molay, you got top comment! lmao if you pay 5k for a pen, you deserve to run out of ink! Its shocking the prices people pay for some of this commercial sillyness. Almost sad. But then again someone was foolish enough to give them the money in the first place, as this is their mentality of risk.
How fascinating.
This case is poetically hilarious because what she did is exactly what the real brands do too... charge $5000 for a $10 made in China sweatshirt
BINGO !! 😆
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Blah blah blah
If someone went to a store called Linny's in a strip mall and actually believed they were getting Channel, Gucci, etc., then they deserve to get screwed.
Definitely LOL
Exactly, just look at that store and the name and logo 😂 I’m sorry, but this shop looks more like a Rainbow Shops 🌈 (if you’re from NY you know) anyone with an eye 👁 on quality will immediately know.
To me this scam mostly it shows that majority of people have never experienced quality products.
Take it one step further anybody who buys Chanel or Gucci deserves to get screwed authentic or fake you must be stupid
Right hahah
yeah, seems odd that a store in a strip mall can afford to buy all the inventory of expensive products….that should be enough to tell you.
I have a hard time feeling sorry for anyone spending $5K on a swearshirt.
Im so happy im not the only one that came to this thougt.
Like sadly people are starving and there gonna buy a 5 k dollar sweathshirt.
@@anonymousfella5473 yep, blows my mind people would spend 5 grand on a freaking sweatshirt!!!!
I sure as hell wouldn't spend that much, but I think it's muddy territory when we start talking about how other people should spend theirs
They didn’t the police says that’s how much a channel sweater cost. They did that to make her look worse. I’m sure people knew it was fake and they def didn’t spend 5k that’s facts he said if all of her merchandise was real she would’ve had 40 mill in merchandise. Please pay attention
Okkkk .. I said well she got them good
"It's only okay when WE do it!"
- Gucci, probably
She just proved the real merchandise wasn't true quality or worth the price.
No, she didn't. There is a BIG difference in the genuine merchandise vs not. The feel and durability are far superior. What she DID prove was that shoppers are ignorant enough to not know the difference, which is the sad part.
@@senorgato70 Maybe 10 years ago, chanel bags nowadays are trash and no longer high quality
@@sew_gal7340 agree! Prices go up and the quality has really sunk. I bought one of the new mini bags and returned it after I compared it to a few of my classic flaps from even just a few years ago. It’s horrible. Same with Louis Vuitton, their quality has reallllllly sunk. Worse than Chanel.
@@senorgato70 lol you are dumb. They are all made in China. All come from the same material.
Same with the Supreme nonsense. It was all Hanes crap with Supreme logo. Even the AUTHENTIC ones. lmfao
@@senorgato70 ur dumb enough to defend the designers, who sells their shirts for $1000 dollar 😀😃🤮. Which was imported from Bangladesh for 2dollars
There is no way in hell she was selling those low quality sweatshirts for 5K, if she really sold them at that price her customers deserve to get ripped off! 😂😂😂
Amen
That part 💡
Lmao well said 😆
No shirt on the planet is worth 5k lol. There is no quality material that scarce that it would justify the value of 5k.
@@chuckscott4661 the victims in this case deserve their victimization
No way in hell people really thought they were buying the real shit! 😂😂
That’s what happens when people are obsessed with labels over quality.
the real brands should be in prison too
😂ain’t that the truth
Right lol 😂
100%
Nah, they’re hustling. It’s the people who buy them that should get their heads checked.
Amen
People are waking up to unameri'can corporate hype
Why would I want to buy luxury branded items on a shop around the corner rather than on the own luxury brand store
The store looks so cheap, like a 99 cent store. Buyers should know better, too.
that cop was hilarious, she wasnt selling them for 5k she was selling them for 50 bucks
thats what I said.. Who in the hell would buy a hoodie for $5000 from this cheap looking ghetto store? They don't even have $5000 at Harrods in London.
😂 good point
Why you would think a rinky dink shop named “Linnys” would have thousand dollar designer clothes is beyond me lol
Ok🤣🤣🤣
Fact
Yeah right 😅
LMFAO
Because these little shops are regular for these people
Should I feel bad for the people who got scammed????
Hell NO!
How dare she do the same thing that Channel & Gucci are doing!!
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Chanel & Gucci are made in Europe her products are from China
Right 😡😤👍 that's exactly what they do ,‼️‼️‼️that's why they make millions of fools that pay for thier Taiwan and China merchandise slap with the name brand and tag change 🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️😵💫
Thats what I was thinking😂
My thoughts exactly! Overpriced merchandise.
I have a real hard time believing that anyone who bought Chanel or Gucci anything from a strip mall in Long Island thought they were buying legit brand items.
I also have a hard time believing she was passing off heatpressed vinyl shirts as authentic - or that she was able to sell a cotton/poly blend hoodie for $5k
I think the police exaggerate and is hard to believe 5K for that obvious fake sweatshirt.
I'm having a hard time sympathizing with the people she scammed. If you're willing to spend thousands of dollars on any item of clothing because of a label, you kinda deserve to get duped.
Rite 😂🤣😂🤣
People can spend their money however they like.
@@mgnwat And anyone can judge them however they'd like for it. Especially in a situation like this with these circumstances.
I thought that too but those companies spent millions developing their brand. There is value owning a piece of it it’s almost like shares in the company.
She didn’t charge thousands she was selling them for $20
If you walked into that store and you thought those items were legit you deserve to get taken
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I swear the only way to not be shadowbanned to the shadow realm is to piggyback somebody else's chops, anyways
Aren't Gucci sweatshirts just shirts with press printed labels anyways?? And I'm pretty sure Gucci gets a lot of its materials from China so saying "cheap China made shirts" is kinda dissing their own brand lmfao
and the cops are crowing so loudly about figuring it out
Let me and my boys take you hunnybunny
@@greenpointscorp3946 lol i live in Thailand the land of fake goods
Top tier entrepreneur.
Fake plastic people who seek out this merchandise behind some misguided sense of clout are the real fiends
Exactly. If it looks exactly like the real thing, who really cares? The only one that should be complaining is the original company, and it should be a civil suit.
@@harmonyquinn2557 I, as the consumer, care. Because I'd rather buy an authentic piece and know I'm supporting the designers who put work into designing and creating the product, rather than some Chinese sleezebag who just copies and tries to rip people off
@@harmonyquinn2557
All consumers care including you. Those who paid a certain amount should get what they paid for not a knockoff.
You must be from China 🇨🇳 with that mentality. 😶
She's just giving the people what they want! If they can't tell the diff. then it's the same to them! People have more money than brains.
@@alphaomega1351 China has nothing to do with this story, but you sure were ready with that sinophobia.
It’s hard to have sympathy for rich people wasting thousands of dollars on fake stuff.
I have a hard time believing anyone would buy designer items in a store like that.
The very few times I choose to buy a designer item, it’s always through the designer or a reputable source.
Plus, if you’re going to spend thousands of dollars, at least get the designer experience-you’ll get the pretty designer shopping bags, ribbons and boxes when you buy from the actual designer rather than a store front like this one
Right, plus they made it seem like she just screen prints logos on the hoodies and that's it.. Like there's no way anyone paid $5,000 for a shitty hoodie with a Chanel logo screen printed that has no neck tag or anything 😂 I don't think they got all the facts right before they made this video.
Yah, but i think media news is over exaggerating it. No one will anyhow buy to that store front with that prize that doesn’t have those luxuries experience such as shopping boxes or even a ribbon as u mentioned.
She sold most of it on Amazon / Ebay and to retailers.
I agree the problem is they want to keep up with the joe only celebrity can afford $5.000 sweat shirt
The same sweatshirt will cost you 50 without the Logo 😂
I truly doubt she was selling anything for 5000$ out of a store that looks like that I’d say each and every one of her customers knew they where fake and shopped there for that reason if there wasn’t a market for fake items like that she wouldn’t be there hats off to her for making a living shouldn’t some customers pay the price with her
This store looks cheap. The merchandise looks cheap. The owner looks cheap. Who got fooled by this ? Smh
At least she didn’t have a ton of children sweating working those printing presses.
Tell em
Just the places she bought her merchandise did. So, what's the difference?
Buuuuurrrrnnnn!!!! Perfect slam TT
Ok?
Haha very true
This is actually hilarious to me. I never understood why people pay so much money for expensive brands. She is a criminal, but the people who pay for that stuff deserve to be dooped for their vanity.
Fashions a hobby just like any other, you could make that argument for lots of things. There's people who collect and pay stupid amounts of money for rare comics, cards, cars, all kinds of things.
How would you like it if you were sold vinegar instead of wine 🍷?
Having seem a Picasso painting it is clear people will buy anything at crazy prices if you market it right.
@@Mister_Holdsworth what?? Lol why you bringing Picasso into this mess
@@jennifermcgoldrick6323 Take a look at his paintings. You could be better I'm sure, heck your 5yo could do better lol.
Point being people can be convinced to pay millions for a piece of crap.
1 to 3 years?? Stealing and making millions for a slap on the wrist. Doesn't seem to risky of a crime versus dealing drugs. 🤷♂️
this is performance art. exposing the arbitrary value people put on brands.
ikr. Brand labels are the biggest fraud.
Mhm. I love how a little blonde lady gets arrested for fraud, in a capitalist country, ruled by governments, fraudulently masquerading as facilitating inside democracy, fueled & directly “influenced” (willfully controlled) by big corporations, with big fat logos that they created much in the same damn way.
I am proud of her for doing the exact same thing luxury brands do.
She needs to build her own brand or disclose she is selling fake merchandise. She lied.
Right
and the chineze
Yep!
$hit $4 million! I want to do the same thing!
1-3 years in jail for lifetime of financial freedom sounds like a good deal. I hope she hid her money in art.
If I were gonna pay that much money for a Chanel brand I’d buy directly from the brands store.
I wouldn’t think Chanel would be selling their clothes in a strip mall
They weren’t paying top price.
I don’t believe anyone for one minute believe they were buying real items. Realistically which wealthy person is buying Gucci and Chanel from a market stool??
The police definitely lied about how much she was charging for her items
Definitely...i smell lies all over this story. She has pissed off the wrong person
@@mgnwat Didn't pay the vig ? if ya wanna play ,ya gotta pay !
what a surprise, the pigs lie.. i am so confused and most of all disappointed
Exactly, old money thrifts 😂😂😂 they are not stupid , it’s always the ones who wanna be rich !
They had to make the story sound interesting.
The people that buy these items must not be seasoned fashionista...
I’m not even mad at her,she’s hustling just like everyone 😅
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😆 🤣 😂 😹
Yeah, let me go buy that $5000 Gucci sweater I’ve been wanting from a place called Linny’s 😂
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If you gonna pay $5,300 for a hoodie.. why would you do it at some hole in a wall strip mall boutique? If you got that kind of money, you're not gonna care about saving a couple of dollars by buying it from a discount boutique. May as well go to the actual Gucci store.
This only goes to prove that paying ridiculous amounts of money for designer goods is just plain stupid.
I’m more concerned for the people who didn’t know that shit was fake!!….
@Joe First of all Kohls DOES NOT have the same level of creativity & craftsmanship that goes into high end fashion. There is a BIG difference in look & quality. I personally could care less about what someone else does with their money and if they choose to spend more on high end fashion,who am I to assume they are shallow? If they got it,it’s their business how they spend it….
@Joe imagine getting mad at what other people buy..............
@Joe I see lots of wealthy people wearing high end clothes. That’s who I’m referring to. If you can afford it, they look better and is of higher quality. Go to Kohls, then go to Gucci. If one doesn’t get stuck on price (which means you shouldn’t be in there in the 1st place) you would see the difference…
Also,the reporter says that someone paid $5000 for a hoodie. That’s someone who has the money who couldn’t tell the difference. I could see from watching it on TH-cam that that hoodie wasn’t worth $5000!😂….
@Joe there’s a billionaire out there who owns the MonaLisa, and they have stocks in Fortune 500 companies with $1000 Prada loafers on😂😂
5 thousand 300 dollars for a sweatshirt?? Damn, let me sell my trash!!
If you're trying to buy REAL luxury brands..you should be able to tell the difference!! If NOT..your OWN DAYUM fault
I was thinking the same thing. If you can't tell the difference, you truly can't afford the good/brand.
It can very easily happen you've probably bought fake s*** and didn't even know it
They all the same the name brand are paying some poor as Asian workers in Asia $10 to do the same thing the lady in the video is doing the only different Is they own the brand that all
luxury brands LOLOL gtfo
@@thatscool1550 hahah I laughed too :)
The glaring question is . . . why is it legal for Chanel and Gucci to charge 5000 bucks for a sweater?
Supply and demand.
I think the question is who pays 5000$ for a sweatshirt anyways?Real or not
Do they Really charge that ? I've never stepped in one of those stores.
That is called capitalism. A merchant offers their goods at a price and the customer is free to pay it or not.
If someone is vain enough to pay 500 hundred dollars for a cotton jumper just because it has a designer name on it, more fool them.
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They know how to finest. And have rights to the brand while she doesn't. Funny thing is all the owners of these brands are multi billionaires
I admired the hustle, too bad she didn't just make her own version of clothing.
It's not a hustle though, it was out-n-out fraud
@@larainyday964 I know, I'm just saying it could have been nice if she didn't do that and just opened her own store with original material. Selling 40 million is pretty impressive.
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@@vingram100 she should have taken the money and ran after the first 20 million
@@larainyday964 😂 Yeah for sure! She would have lived like a queen in Mexico!
She is a pure genius! Much respect to her. And there is no way a sweater sells for $5k, even the real ones sell for $500. That cop is definitely exaggerating
Overly exaggerated it 5k for a bag but not no sweater 😆
Ever been to store in beverly hills? They do sell stuff like that for thousands if dollars
1:03 That police commissioner wasn't exaggerating... He just can't read!!!😆
The Total of ALL the shirts was $5,700.00 and $40,950.00 - He said $5,300.00 for one sweatshirt and held up a hoodie!!! SMDH
The Total for Sweatshirts was actually $9,450.00 and $26,500.00 (Pause at 1:11 to see the price list)
Right! An original Chanel wool top sells for $2,900, I just checked the website. And it looks formal, so wtf was dropping $5,300 for a dusty ass sweatshirt that didn't even look like the heavy weight cotton you pay $10 more for in regular stores?
Yea i smell lies here!
With all that effort she could have started her own brand lmfao
Putting a logo on a sweater? That's alot of effort to you? Damnnn I see a bad future for you
@@joestalin5303
They caught her wit 22 presses.
That sounds like effort to me.
You don't make that much money being lazy
Not a lot of effort considering the payoff. The risk < reward for the shop owner. Takes a long time to get a brand premium like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, etc.
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They was buying designer at “Linnys”?! Make it make sense!!! That’s YOUR fault smh
A $5k shirt, no matter who you buy it off, you're getting robbed.
They CHOSE to pay that money. They robbed themselves with a poor head on their shoulders.
“It’s a $10 shirt with a logo” also describes Gucci et all
Stop it right now! no one in their right mind bought that sh@t thought it was real!
So we're pretending lots of those same brands' merch isn't mediocre quality stuff with the brand's logo in it, to begin with?
Those same brands have whole separate lines, not as "classy" and high quality, made exclusively to be sold at lower prices to the commoners that wouldn't be able to afford their top tier stuff.
So yes, it's illegal, but I also hope this lady was smart enough to hire a very good lawyer just in case she got busted 😂
You’re paying for the “opportunity cost” and the “status” and exclusivity of the brand.
To some people its worth having a $500 shirt if they’re making 20k a month and it “brings” them a better “status/perception ” in society to separate them from blue “collar” workers…like a realtor, banker, investor etc…
But most people aren’t living that scenario and maxing out their cards working retail or pay check to pay check.
😂😂She’s a hustler! Free that woman.
@@noah2339 yup. I can understand spending more for more quality, if one can afford it.
I can even understand spending more for the feeling of exclusivity.
But if millions of others have the same thing, then what's the point 😩
I’m pretty sure those high end designers didn’t send her their printing presses so she could sell their lower quality goods for them.
@@angstbringer2992 You can tell if it’s real or not real looking at the person and the other things they own.
If some girl has a 2k handbag and gots $1,500 bucket…
Good chance that handbag is fake, and if it’s real, people are going think it’s fake anyways because it doesn’t “line up” with that “status”.
You know how many times I seen people with “chinaman Gucci” in a 96 Honda 😂
I can’t believe anyone would believe these items were authentic. Louis Vuitton and Gucci would never sell their goods in a random shop like this.
I'd do 1 year in jail for $40 mil 🤣🤣🤣
And, it only took the police 18 months to figure out these were counterfeit.
No, they likely knew right away they were counterfeit but they wanted all the back story and connections.
I refuse to wear anything that conspicuously displays a brand because I'm not going to be a free walking billboard for any company. Also, I feel no need to wear expensive clothing to try to impress anyone.. People who dress to impress have their priorities wrong and tend to be shallow narcissistic idiots in my opinion and deserve to be taken advantage of if they're so stupid. They don't get my sympathy. On the other hand, I stand for law and order and feel the fraudulent behavior of the woman accused is also wrong and should be dealt with in the harshest way permitted by law.
100% agree, if I'm going to wear some company's name I will want to get paid.
LOL "She was selling a sweatshirt that cost her $10 for thousands of dollars"
Yes and how much do you think it cost to make an actual Gucci shirt?
If you're not stupid enough to pay this much you wont be charged this much.
The "crime" is people who are so phony and shallow that they feel they must purchase these items. They are a social disgrace. That we use law enforcement to protect these people is another disgrace.
It's a trademark infringement.
The crime is counterfeiting and fraud. despite your personal opinions and judgements on other people
Why should your work place pay YOU for what you’re worth? 😂
I actually think it is hilarious. If you think a clothing item is worth more just because of the NAME on it. And you can't even tell the quality difference.
☝Homegirl got a mean gobble game
$40 million for 18 months in jail I take that any day 😂
Whats sad is that some people wouldn't know the difference anyways. Probably almost the same quality.
designer clothes fit much better than cheap made in china crap, besides, a designer sweatshirt would be made of cashmere or HQ wool
18 months!! They were investigating this "crime" for 18 months!! They couldn't find more important crimes than this one. SMH
Release this woman and throw her "unsuspecting" customers in jail.
Ikr! I'm sure there are way more important crimes they could be investigating
This is why Sheriff's don't respect the PD. Lames. They tried to criminalize her by saying these sell up to 5k knowing damn well it ain't that type of party.
How can I report of macys? they sell all fake fragrances
Come on people! We're talking about expensive brands that cost thousands of dollars per garment, being sold in a shop, in a strip mall, with a neon pink, plastic sign with the name Linny's on it 🙄.... I'm amazed no one found it suspicious up to now ...
Who would fall for this crap?
She’s smart. Whoever pay thousand for a sweatshirt are dumb 😂
I think the real story is….. Who would pay $5,000 for a real sweatshirt 😳
i truly wanna know who bought that sweater for $5000 lmfao because it couldn't be me
If people are shallow enough to spend 5000 on a sweatshirt because of a name, I have no pity for them.
😑 ppl who can actually afford real Gucci know that the best way to get these items without getting conned is to buy them from the actual designer or having them authenticated if you buy them second hand!
Everything is wrong about this story.. from the cop's misplaced priorities.. to the news actor's ridiculous and sensationalistic cadence.
Nothing is wrong, that IS Long Island.
I can't believe they wasted 18 months on this.
How are his priorities misplaced?
1-3 years in jail for $40M……… I think we know who’s the real winner here 😂
OMG I moved from NY about 30 years ago (went to college and the military). Chuck Scarborough was a news anchorman when I was in Junior high and High school. He still looks good. Cheers to good health!!
She's doing what designers do all the time. Selling Walmart quality with designer labels.
The sign of the shop should have been a dead giveaway that the items couldn't have been real.
I would be shocked if she served any time because they let attempted murderers go all the time
She is awesome, go getem girl. I’m glad I’m not a fashion addict.
She was trying to make money, as anyone would, half the world already makes counterfeit items because the real ones are unbelievably unattainable at times too. I understand thats unethical and fraudulent, but also for the customers, how do you not know they are fake? And if you have that much money to buy a $5.3k sweatshirt, then why not go to the actual store. Everyone has their ways to earn a living, may not be the most appropriate convenient way, but it’s a way for oneself. The fact that she stated they were “real” though, is not okay. Don’t lie about it to your valuable consumers. Cmon lady.
Honestly I feel like this is a good description of luxury clothing. Cheap clothing with a famous logo turns clothing maid in china into "high end luxury goods". Yeah, that says a lot about the lack of quality when people don't even realize the difference.
I have 0 sympathy for the people scammed, they pretty much got what they wanted. Over priced cheap clothing with a logo for thousands.
I’m sure her items were of higher value than the real designer items to begin with. Those designers are robbing people as well. $5K for a shirt or pants should be a crime as well.
How can anyone not tell they were fake?! 🤣🤣🤣
3 years for scamming people of 40 mil that’s a slap on the wrist
That's what I was thinking! That's insane
Well greedy idiots payed so they are as guilty for being stupid enough to pay that price for any freaking sweat shirt.
a lady who did the same but with medical equipment from Yale just got hit with 9 yrs, $40m
The store doesn’t even look heigh end, why would anyone believe it is real couture or highend? And at a strip mall with the name linny
I buy Gucci, Prada, Coach, etc. How else am I supposed to maintain my self esteem. Lol
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That's why I only shop directly from the brand site and department stores. Now she ruined it for other boutique owners.
She ruined nothing. Kendra is going to switch to a different boutique now, unless this one is back in business.
@@kinanlaham744 Her switching has nothing to do with the fact that other people will be skeptical shopping at boutique's for luxury brands. So like I said she ruined it for others!!!
So the police work for Chanel and Gucci now?
😮😮😮How did she get busted, meaning how folks knew these were knock-offs? This happens all over China Town in NY. I don’t see any arrest happening in China Town. SMFH. But Rich people don’t buy big $5000+ name brands.😅Steve Jobs never owned Gucci
Steve Jobs owns a 10,000 dollar sweater lol. Gucci isn’t the most expensive brand it’s just one of the most popular and well known brands. But millionaires and billionaires are not shopping at the same stores as us
@@honcore1443 PLEASE! You get my point.🙄
@@janellemcleod lol EXACTLY
@@janellemcleod your point is rich people don’t buy Gucci?
People go to Chinatown TO BUY FAKES...people went to Linny's because they (stupidly) thought they were buying the real thing...so what is your point? And people ARE arrested in Chinatown if they are caught. AND rich people DO buy luxury goods, the assertion that they don't, shows you to be making up shit to prove a point in your own head.
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.
It wasn’t real designer stuff….
That tells you how brands are such a waste of money. You're only paying for an ego boost and to show others that you are from a certain class.
Instead, work on eliminating the need for validation, and invest your money in stocks
She's very smart. I would do the same thing. CASH IS KING
thanks to the officer for exposing the real brands shady operations...i believe only 30% of the brands goods is of actual quality...the other 70% is an actual 10 dollar tshirt with the logo pressed on it.
If you’re spending thousands on a sweatshirt, it’s your money do what you want but i don’t feel bad for you if you got taken by this woman. I’m not saying what she did was right but hell i slightly commend her. Free this woman.
It shows what a shallow Society we have where somebody would pick up a $10 sweatshirt and pay $1,000 for it because it had a stamp of some elitist who is convinced people that they must wear the mark on their shirt to belong to be important or to have self-worth.
I want bought a Coach purse for my daughter at the outline shopping mall for $125.
At the regular mall I brought it in the Coach store and was looking and asked if they had purses like that and they actually did have purses that looked pretty close to identical and the lady had to look in the tag inside and she showed me a little leather tag and she said the only real difference is on the ones they sell at the outline malls there's a different letter on the leather little inner tag that tells them if it was May there or if it was for the main malls to sell at top price as the "real deal". The difference would be in hundreds of dollars yet from the exterior you could even tell the difference.
I guess it begs the question why are any of us even buying into this why would we even wear something on the exterior of our shoe that tells everybody else that we belong to the cult of thinking that that is our self-worth?
Not home nonsense started when I was in around Junior High. Before that people didn't go around with big Nike swoops on their shirts and think they're cool because of it, because some sports star said it was cool.
So I've mixed feelings about this woman on the one hand I kind of feel like good for her it just shows how shallow of a society we live in.
On the other hand she needs to pay back all those people or do community service or something I don't think she should go to prison I think it should teach everybody a big huge lesson that we're in a big number or letter or logo on the outside of your clothes is actually stupid.
And a note to the scammer lady if you get out on bail, and you want to free reading I'll be happy to do one for you and put it on my channel, haha
Don't believe the police. They lie constantly.
I love the shot of her house with the American flag in the background. pretty much sums up the average American mindset... I'll steal from my fellow countrymen but still take pride in my country 😂🤣😅
I wonder if you look as dumb as you sound.
She wasn't stealing - just exploiting their stupidity. That's been the usual practice for some years now . . .
@@imoldgreggboosh3467 So exploiting someone for there stupidity and in turn making a HUGE profit you would not consider to be stealing? I know the way i was raised that sure is plain and simple...
@@HelloMoto393 Seems to me that she had a small shop charging outrageous prices. You don't want to buy, then walk away. Somehow that just doesn't equal stealing, plain and simple no matter how you were raised.
@@imoldgreggboosh3467 no she was ripping people off selling counterfeit items in the store at a hefty price.... did you even watch the video? stop trying to stick up for a vile woman
Who in the world would pay $5,000 for a t-shirt at a local store?
How in the world did these dummies get duped? I thought New Yorkers were smarter than this. designers only sell in specific high end stores or their own flagship stores
One year in jail for making 40 million ill take that deal.
But now she ain’t got no job for life lol 😂 she known world wide
@@jasondawson92 40 million is easily enough to last a lifetime.
Me too. Would you like to help me make up fake designer sweatshirts and handbags 👜?
I doubt she will be allowed to keep all her profits. So many charges can be filed against her.
@@karkule5919 She will keep it.
"The problem?" People desiring these brands like it means anything, and trying to find a shortcut to own these brands. That's the problem. Not only do people *want* these status symbols, but they also think they can get it with a deal. That's the only problem i see. I won't fault the store owner for hustling. This reminds me of the Tinder Swindler. Like, damn it sucks you got scammed, but the bait takes a little greed to be bitten.
I'm proud to say I've never owned a designer, purse, designer, shoes, anything designer really because why I just can't justify spending that much money on a damn purse. I'm really sick and tired of the "look at me and what I have" when you die, you're not taking none of that and I promise you that your maker could care less about what kind of purse you had and how much money you had or even what kind of degree you have. People place value in the strangest places.
@@tlwest21 absolutely. I mean, i can't say i don't own any designer or brand names. But i will say, never sought for them, or went broke trying to chase that symbol. I think there's nothing wrong in buying anything, but just be mindful of whether you're using "it" or being using by "it" whether that's fashion brands or any kind of products. But, don't go around believing that these brands or whatever names bear any value. Like you said, our makers do not care. Long rant short: i believe we need to be more mindful of our values in ourselves (character, honor, respect) and not in other things we buy to project some kind of value.
Bravo, well spoken. It's all in the mind of the beholder. I praise this woman for capitalizing on a business situation. If people are going to give in to their own greed for material objects, that's their mental issue, no one else's
I agree, conspicuous consumption may be an issue.
But Gucci has put in the time, energy and money to sell overpriced goods to materialistic clout chasing customers.
Gucci has earned that right to do that. And it’s immoral And illegal for the suspect to poach the Gucci name and brand like the bottom feeding parasite that she is.
She belongs in a cage.
@@apoc2500 Absolutely. Again, crimes, lies, mistruths, aren't great. But of all things, THIS does not seem that black and white. The "victims" was also trying take advantage just as much as the owner, soo...lol
BUT let me reiterate to any impressionable young people. Don't take advantage of people, please.
Just go buy the real brands at the store.
“I’m just so upset that they’d be counterfeit. She was just after money, I could have bought groceries.”
go and buy groceries then, no ones stopping you
Anyone paying 5300 for a sweatshirt needs help. The boutique owner is definitely in the wrong here. But folks aren’t feeling anything for the customers of that place. The sad part is that if she had a shop in that spot selling folks cheap baked goods or soaps or crafts for major mark ups she’d make a great living. Legally. Maybe next time. I have a feeling she will do fine in whatever prison hustle she gets into.
Omg people, just look at the sign of that store? You think Gucci and Balenciaga has a sign like that?