A suburban mom was accused of selling counterfeit designer goods from the basement of her Long Island boutique. Police confiscated $40 million worth of fake products.
Police say they also seized printing machines that 31-year-old Lindsay Castelli allegedly used to print the fake designer labels — including Gucci, Chanel, Prada, Dior, Hermes and Louis Vuitton — that turned cheap knockoffs into seemingly high-end clothes and accessories.
“She’s a typical mother in a typical community, except she was running a scam,”Patrick Ryde, Nassau County Police Chief, tells “My wife has been in that store.”
Ryder showed Alison Hall the amazing trove of items seized in the raid by the police.
“That is a typical baseball cap that you buy for $3. They put the Gucci stuff on it, it now sells for $400,”Ryder.
Many of these clothes will be donated to charities.
Castelli could face a three-year sentence if convicted.