{"id":796966,"date":"2026-05-15T00:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/796966\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:20:16","slug":"10m-counterfeit-bust-uncovers-fake-luxury-goods-operation-lasd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/796966\/","title":{"rendered":"$10M Counterfeit Bust Uncovers Fake Luxury Goods Operation: LASD"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES, CA \u2014 Authorities on Thursday said they’ve uncovered a sprawling counterfeit retail operation hidden in plain sight in downtown Los Angeles, which was stuffed with luxury merchandise worth up to $10 million.<\/p>\n

Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department’s Major Crimes Bureau raided a retail storefront and nearby warehouse early Thursday morning, uncovering what investigators described as a massive cache of counterfeit goods inside a commercial building in the Fashion District, according to the department.<\/p>\n

Authorities estimate the street value of the seized merchandise falls somewhere between $5 million and $10 million.<\/p>\n

Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department’s Major Crimes Bureau raided a retail storefront and nearby warehouse in downtown Los Angeles early Thursday morning. (LASD) <\/p>\n

The investigation focused on the possession and sale of counterfeit luxury products. Search warrants were served at a retail store in the 500 block of South Los Angeles Street and a warehouse in the 500 block of Main Street, according to deputies.<\/p>\n

Photos released by investigators show what appear to be imitation brand-name products \u2014 but not just high-end handbags and accessories. Mixed into the haul were eclectic items including Hello Kitty-themed merchandise, a Coach bag and what appeared to be a Lululemon bag.<\/p>\n

Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department’s Major Crimes Bureau raided a retail storefront and nearby warehouse in downtown Los Angeles early Thursday morning. (LASD) <\/p>\n

A man and a woman, whose names were not released, were arrested during the operation, deputies said.<\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing, and sheriff\u2019s officials said additional arrests or criminal charges could follow as detectives continue tracing the source and distribution network behind the counterfeit merchandise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES, CA \u2014 Authorities on Thursday said they’ve uncovered a sprawling counterfeit retail operation hidden in plain…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":796967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-796966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116575733778259608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}