Just when you thought the streets were safe…
5 New Yorkers have been charged with trafficking counterfeit Air Jordan’s.
Is nothing sacred anymore?
Typically, this would just be grounds for getting beat up at the most, but these New Yorkers were really moving some sneaker-weight.
According to ABC News, NYPD & Homeland Security popped them for selling over $73 million in fake Js.
The finesse was simple enough if you can believe it: (1) generic sneakers arrived in NYC; (2) the teams moved the Jordans to Brooklyn and Queens; (3) they added the Jumpman logos and Nike signatures themselves; (4) they cashed out.
8 months and 27,000 Air Jordan’s later, and Miyuki Suen, Jian Min Huang, Songhua Qu, Kin Lui Chen, and Fangrang Qu are now looking at 20 years in the Feds on “counterfeit trafficking conspiracy” and “trafficking in counterfeit goods” charges.
For the last two years the counterfeiting ring has shipped 42 containers full of these generic sneakers that would retail for $190 per pair, court records said.
In the last eight months investigators inspected nearly 27,000 pairs of sneakers before charging Miyuki Suen, Jian Min Huang, Songhua Qu, Kin Lui Chen and Fangrang Qu with counterfeit trafficking conspiracy and trafficking in counterfeit goods, police said.
“These five individuals are alleged to have been a part of a large scale counterfeiting scheme, importing nearly a half million pairs of knock-off Nike sneakers. These counterfeiting networks can be both detrimental to our economy and threaten our national security, and HSI will continue to take every measure in investigating and dismantling these organizations,” ICE HSI Special Agent-in-Charge Angel M. Melendez said.
Traffickers never get out of the game when they’re supposed to.
That’s why they call it “trappin.” Because it’s a trap…
If you’re from New York, and you copped some Jordan’s in the last few years, you might want to put a magnifying glass up to them boys.
Jumpman. Jumpman. Jumpman. Jumpman. Jumpman.
Flip the page to see the video of the Jordan’s bust.