Crime & Safety
8 Busted For Hawking Fake Goods In East New York: Report
Cops seized more than 2,000 knock-off products from the flea market, according to the New York Post.

EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — Cops arrested a group of peddlers for selling alleged counterfeit products in East New York Saturday, the New York Post reported.
Eight street vendors were arrested at about 1 p.m., when officers confiscated more than 2,000 counterfeit items, among them knock-off Fendi, Gucci and Louis Vuitton goods, according to the Post.
"[O]ur evidence truck is full,” city Sheriff Joseph Fucito said, according to the Post.
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The hawkers, who were selling merchandise at the AquaDuck Flea Market, were charged with trademark counterfeiting and vending without a permit, the Post reported.
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