A joint undercover operation on September 2 led to the arrest of three individuals in Miami accused of trafficking counterfeit luxury clothing, distributing testosterone without a prescription, and moving over $815,000 to Turkey through altered bank transfers, as reported by Telemundo 51 and other local media.
The arrested individuals are Yeinys Rodriguez-Canizares, 33 years old; her husband Roynel Matos, 44; and Yassel Darboys, 40.
The operation was coordinated between the Miami Police, the Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Office, and federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Matos and Rodriguez-Canizares face charges of money laundering, organized crime, forgery, and selling or possessing a controlled substance.
Darboys was charged with organized crime and the sale or possession of a controlled substance.
The store and undercover shopping
It all started with undercover purchases made at The Legend Gang Store, a shop located on 7th Street Northwest in Miami.
In March, an agent purchased clothing from the brand Amiri for $970; in April, shoes from the same brand for $1,100.
Both the Customs and Border Protection Office and a brand representative confirmed that the clothing and footwear items were counterfeit.
Amiri is a luxury American brand whose authentic products command high prices, making it a frequent target for counterfeiters in South Florida.
Testosterone and the role of each defendant
The case expanded in May when Matos agreed over the phone to sell testosterone cipionate.
According to arrest reports cited by WSVN 7News, Rodriguez-Canizares received the substance from Darboys, processed the transaction, and deposited the money into the store's cash register; the agreed price was $300.
A laboratory from the Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the substance was testosterone cypionate, an anabolic steroid classified as a Schedule III controlled substance under Florida law, whose sale without a medical prescription constitutes a felony.
In August, a second undercover purchase of the same substance was made for $540.
Transfers to Turkey and accident clinics
The investigators obtained bank records that revealed a pattern of sustained financial transactions since 2022.
According to Diario Las Américas, "what began as an undercover purchase of garments at a store in Miami ended up uncovering possible sales of counterfeit items, distribution of testosterone, and bank transactions totaling over $815,000 towards Turkey."
A total of 171 transfers were recorded to financial institutions in Istanbul, and in several of them the purpose code was altered: what was listed as "bill payment" was modified to "gift or donation."
Matos is also the owner of multiple accident clinics.
The authorities monitored one of them on Coral Way without detecting any activity for several hours, a fact that is noted in the report.
This case fits into a pattern of operations against the counterfeiting of luxury goods that has intensified in South Florida.
On September 3rd, during the bail hearing, a judge found probable cause.
A bond of $25,000 was set for Rodriguez-Canizares and $35,000 for Matos, both with a Nebbia requirement, a legal condition that obliges the accused to prove that the funds used for the bail come from legitimate sources, a common mechanism in money laundering cases in Florida.
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