Fake Mac makeup Seller Convicted
New Port Richey, Florida – A 45-year-old New Port Richey woman is accused of using the notoriety of a top cosmetic brand to make more than a million dollars by selling fake MAC brand cosmetics online. A federal judge sentenced Tina Oleszczuk to 18 months in federal prison and she has to pay MAC $961,744.75 According to court documents, from March 2012 to March 2014, Oleszczuk, through her company, Cozmetic Delights LLC, sold more than $1 million worth of counterfeit Make-up Art Cosmetics, Inc. (“MAC”) cosmetics out of her New Port Richey home. Investigators say she purchased and had bulk quantities of counterfeit MAC cosmetics delivered from a source in China and then she sold the counterfeit cosmetics as legitimate goods at significantly higher prices.
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