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DETAILS:
In August of 2022, a report was made to the Amarillo Police Department of Trademark Counterfeiting being committed at an Amarillo business. A joint investigation with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Amarillo’s Field Office and the Amarillo Police Department began. During the investigation two search warrants were obtained for the business, Chino’s, and a local storage property. Members of the Amarillo Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents executed the search warrants on Monday, November 21, 2022, with over 13,013 counterfeit items being seized. The total MSRP for these items is over $16 million dollars, including fake Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Nike, and Rolex, among many others. No arrest has been made and the case is still under investigation.
APD and HSI joint investigation results in over $16 million dollars of counterfeit property seized.
AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT
MEDIA/PUBLIC RELEASE
DATE: August 2022
TIME:
CASE NUMBER:
INCIDENT TYPE: Counterfeiting
OFFICER SUBMITTING RELEASE: Sgt. Carla Burr-PIO
DETAILS:
In August of 2022, a report was made to the Amarillo Police Department of Trademark Counterfeiting being committed at an Amarillo business. A joint investigation with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Amarillo’s Field Office and the Amarillo Police Department began. During the investigation two search warrants were obtained for the business, Chino’s, and a local storage property. Members of the Amarillo Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents executed the search warrants on Monday, November 21, 2022, with over 13,013 counterfeit items being seized. The total MSRP for these items is over $16 million dollars, including fake Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Nike, and Rolex, among many others. No arrest has been made and the case is still under investigation.
Address/Location
Amarillo Police Department
200 SE 3rd Ave
Amarillo, TX 79101
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 806-378-4257
Carla Burr
Public Information Office
[email protected]
806-378-4257