The owner of a Lauderhill jewelry store is facing charges after police seized more than $1.6 million worth of counterfeit luxury goods from the store, authorities said.
Ok Yeon-seo, 71, was arrested Monday on suspicion of selling or offering to sell counterfeit goods, according to arrest reports and jail records.
So, of Davie, is the owner of Sharon Jewelry at Lauderhill Mall, according to reports.
According to the report, a Chanel agent visited the Sharon Jewelry store in December and purchased a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace valued at $100 and earrings valued at $40 for $128.40, leading authorities to suspect Chanel’s fake jewelry. He learned that the jewelry was sold at Sharon Jewelry.
The employee who sold the items said they were copies, and when asked how much they would cost if they were genuine, the employee said they would cost about $10,000, according to the report.
Investigators confirmed that the Van Cleef & Arpels items purchased were counterfeit, and Van Cleef & Arpels’ attorneys said the genuine necklace had a suggested retail price of $8,400 and the earrings had a suggested retail price of $6,400. said.
According to the report, Chanel investigators issued an injunction on Chanel’s behalf against Sharon Jewelry & Seau in May 2020 to stop selling all products bearing the Chanel logo. It is said that
According to reports, Seo voluntarily refused to hand over the products bearing the Chanel logo at the time.
In January, an undercover agent visited Sharon Jewelry posing as a customer and stole a Chanel pendant for $25, Chanel earrings for $99, a 14-carat Chanel ring for $225, and a 10-carat Chanel bangle for $625. , discovered multiple counterfeit items including Van Cleef & Jewelry. According to the report, an Arpels ring costs $35 and a Van Cleef & Arpels earrings, bracelet and necklace set costs $840.
Authentic earrings usually sell for about $550, but the Chanel earrings were purchased for $49. Chanel later admitted that the earrings were fake.
According to the warrant, an undercover agent visited Sharon Jewelry again in February and purchased a pair of Chanel earrings for $39, even though their original value was $550. Those earrings also turned out to be fake.
A search warrant was executed at Sharon Jewelry on March 13, and 246 items of suspected counterfeit jewelry and $20,358 in cash were seized, according to the report.
According to reports, Soh was questioned by law enforcement authorities and admitted to selling the fake jewelry.
According to the report, the seized jewelry includes brands such as Chanel, Christian Dior, Rolex, Warner Brother, Sanrio, Versace, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci, and if authentic, the suggested retail price is 1.61 million yen. It was said to be $7,367.
So I was put in jail. Attorney information was not available.