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Local raid nets $12 million in bogus Burberry, Hermes and Chanel

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Our compatriots over at L.A. Now just posted news of a raid last week that netted counterfeit knock-offs of luxury labels including Burberry, Hermes and Chanel that would have fetched some $12 million if sold as the real deal. According to Robert Faturechi’s piece, the haul included some 47,000 wallets, watches and other items, and more than 30 people were arrested.

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-- Adam Tschorn

Paris’ house of knock-offsAlong for the sting

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Adam Tschorn

Senior features writer Adam Tschorn is a former small-town newspaper editor, game-show question-and-answer man and fashion scribe who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007. He currently covers a wide range of pop-culture topics with a focus on cannabis culture. Holding a B.A. in philosophy and an M.A. in journalism, he feels perfectly suited to looking at things, asking “why?†and writing down the answers.

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