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A woman residing in Miami-Dade County, whose nationality has not been disclosed, was arrested after authorities seized over 1,000 counterfeit items from the Louis Vuitton brand, with an estimated market value of over one million dollars.
The confiscated items were stored and on sale at the home of the arrested individual, identified as Liudmila Pérez Labrada.
According to the arrest report -cited by Local10- the investigation began after a report to Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade, which alerted about a counterfeit product sales operation at a house located in the unincorporated area of West Little River, specifically on the 3100 block of Northwest 81st Terrace.
The scam was uncovered through undercover purchases
On June 16, an undercover agent visited the house and was greeted by a young man.
Shortly after, Liudmila Pérez Labrada, 35 years old, arrived and allowed the agent to enter, inviting him to look among the displayed products.
“Search and find what you like,” he would have said, according to the police report.
During that visit, the agent purchased two items bearing the Louis Vuitton logo: an alleged Sarah wallet (valued at $760) and an Alma BB handbag (valued at $1,900).
Pérez sold both products for $90 and $270, respectively.
A second undercover purchase took place on June 30, when the woman sold another Louis Vuitton handbag, valued at $2,800, for just $250.
An official investigator from Louis Vuitton later confirmed that the items were counterfeit.
Last Thursday, law enforcement agents executed the arrest of Pérez at his residence.
During the operation, they confiscated more than one million dollars worth of counterfeit goods.
The accused faces a serious charge of "falsifying products valued at over $20,000."
At the time the report was published, Pérez was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGK), and bail had not yet been set.
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