Crime & Safety
LI Boutique Caught With $40M In Bogus Luxury Goods, Owner Charged: Cops
Police say they found thousands of phony labels from Gucci, Chanel, Prada, Dior, Ugg and Louis Vuitton at Linney's Boutique in Plainview.
PLAINVIEW, NY — A Smithtown woman who owned a boutique clothing store in Plainview has been arrested after police said they found thousands of phony labels from Gucci, Chanel, Prada, Dior, Ugg and Louis Vuitton, worth more than $40 million.
Lindsay Castelli, 31, was arrested after surrendering Friday morning in Plainview and faces a 2nd-degree trademark counterfeiting charge, Nassau County police said Tuesday. She was released and scheduled to appear in Hempstead district court Nov. 2.
Castelli's arrest comes after an investigation dating to April 2021 into Linny’s Boutique located at 1032 Old Country Rd.
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Castelli owned the store, which investigators said housed thousands of synthetic heat-sealed counterfeit labels, along with clothes and jewelry.
On Tuesday, Oct. 4, investigators searched the store and seized 22 printing press machines and counterfeit goods with bogus luxury brand names. The combined value of the items was over $40 million, police said. The items were shipped all over the country.
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Attorney information wasn't immediately available.
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