A fraudster has robbed boutiques for $ 1 million by a clever product return scheme

An ingenious swindler bought designer accessories in stores, and then returned fakes, earning a million dollars with this, writes NY Post.

Last week, a judge passed a sentence on 41-year-old Pitch Took Smatzorabudh from Thailand, who lives in Arlington. A woman will spend 30 months in an American prison, and then, most likely, will be deported.

Judge Gerald Bruce Lee did not hide his surprise when considering this case.

“I think what you did was ingenious,” he said. “It’s simple theft, but the Internet has given us even more ways to steal... I thought I’d seen it all...”

For many years, Smatzorabudh bought expensive bags from famous designers such as Gucci, Burberry and Fendi on the sites of boutiques. Then she personally came to the shops to return realistic fakes, which she herself personally ordered in China and Hong Kong, say the federal authorities.

“This is the best fake bag I've ever seen! Can you send me more of these... from this factory. They make IMPaCABLE!!!! “[sic],” Smatzorabudh wrote in September 2014 to a supplier of counterfeit bags.

However, this woman did not stop.

She began selling fakes under the guise of the original on Instagram or via eBay. Some things cost over $ 2 thousands.

Her Instagram account called richgirlscollectionfull of photos of designer bags mixed with photos of sushi and baking.

Smatzorabudh all the time returned exact copies of the bags that she bought, but once decided to return a completely different fake, changing the online receipt.

In December, 2015, an undercover national security agent, posing as an eBay customer, bought a bag from her for $ 2575. It turned out that the bag was purchased at TJ Maxx, where they saw that instead of the bag, the fraudster had returned the Fendi wallet and earned $ 2,199.99.

Thus, Smatzorabudh has robbed more than 60 stores in 12 states. At one point, she even became the largest online TJ Maxx client in the world.

In March, FBI agents searched her home in Arlington. According to court documents, 572 bags were found in the house, among which were original and fake. The woman admitted her guilt in August. In addition to 30 months in prison, she was sentenced to pay $ 403,250.81 compensation.

“What I did was so wrong,” she said in court. “I should be in jail.”

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