{"id":802890,"date":"2026-05-17T13:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802890\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:09:26","slug":"dtla-counterfeit-bust-nets-up-to-10-million-in-fake-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802890\/","title":{"rendered":"DTLA Counterfeit Bust Nets Up to $10 Million in Fake Goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people were arrested in the raid targeting bogus bags likely headed to Santee Alley <\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department Major Crimes Bureau detectives raided a storefront and downtown L.A. warehouse in the fashion district this week to uncover a sprawling counterfeit retail operation filled with fake designer label items. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"LASD officials uncovered a sprawling counterfeit operation selling bogus branded items\" class=\"wp-image-299354\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/701056186_18584205409032045_3449805283935930230_n-900x1200.jpg\"\/>Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/p>\n<p>Authorities estimate the street value of the seized merchandise falls somewhere between $5 million and $10 million. Detectives served warrants at both 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<p>Many of those bags were likely headed to L.A.\u2019s center for counterfeit goods on Santee Alley, and were being sold in plain sight at Royal Inc. at 6th Avenue and Main Street  <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"LASD officials uncovered a sprawling counterfeit operation selling bogus branded items\" class=\"wp-image-299355\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/671750349_18584205367032045_7814434201356885016_n-900x1200.jpg\"\/>Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/p>\n<p>Mixed among the high-end luxury labels were other bogus bags, including a Lululemon cross-body bag and Hello Kitty branded items. LASD officials say two people were taken into custody but stressed that the male and a female Asian adult were taken into custody. This remains an active investigation, the LASD said, adding: \u201cadditional arrests or charges are possible as the case progresses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"LASD officials uncovered a sprawling counterfeit operation selling bogus branded items\" class=\"wp-image-299353\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/671830297_18584205379032045_3345633863756463661_n-900x1200.jpg\"\/>Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information related to this investigation is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Major Crimes Bureau\u2019s Tip Line at (562) 946-7893<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-altfont has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xs-font-size wp-elements-a392843e06eac12cec56e735f4f8219f has-lg-margin-top\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Scroll to continue reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were arrested in the raid targeting bogus bags likely headed to Santee Alley Los Angeles County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":802891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,161282,41119,12436,2961,224,5337,19113,191763],"class_list":["post-802890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-counterfeit-goods","tag-dtla","tag-hello-kitty","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-lululemon","tag-santee-alley"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802890","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=802890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}