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Counterfeit goods seized from Chinatown store
Gucci, Chanel, and Louie Vutton.
ICE agents busted a Chinatown retail store on Hotel and Maunakea Street on Tuesday, dragging out box after box of fake versions of more than a dozen well-known brands.
On closer inspection you can see the bad glue jobs, junk zippers, and wobbly stitching.
"We had to go out and rent a U-Haul," said Wayne Wills, who is special agent charge for Honolulu's ICE Homeland Security Investigations.
It's part of the annual, month-long "Operation Holiday Hoax," targeting counterfeit goods and the criminals involved.
Wills said Tuesday's bust was the biggest in Hawaii to date.
"But we know we are just scratching the surface," he said.
Right now, seizures are happening in dozens of states and online.
Agents said crooks are hawking bogus merchandise on eBay and Craigslist; they turn up at swap meets, supply outlets, and stores at shopping malls.
And, they said it's not just bags, purses and sunglasses.
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