Homeland Security helps APD crackdown on fake merchandise
In the last few weeks, investigators with the Austin Police Department have come across some of the hottest apparel, beauty and fitness items on the market. The only problem: they say it’s all fake.
Working off tips from the Department of Homeland Security, APD organized crime detectives arrested Evelyn Teresa Carewicz, 36, and IrfanbhaiBarkataliMomin, 36 in two different cases. Each face a state jail felony charge of trademark counterfeiting.
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