泰國女子買名牌包後用山寨包退貨 獲利百萬美元

A woman who bought designer handbags online before returning Chinese knock-offs to stores and netting the profits has been jailed.

一名女子在網上購買名牌包後，向商店退還中國山寨包以此來盈利，最終因此鋃鐺入獄。

Praepitcha Smatsorabudh, 41, from Arlington, pocketed the money she was refunded when she returned the fake bags in place of the authentic purchases to the department stores and then sold the authentic versions of the Gucci, Fendi and Burberry bags on Instagram and eBay for more than $2,000 each.

來自阿靈頓的41歲女子普瑞佩查·斯瑪索拉布通過向百貨公司退還代替真品的山寨包獲取錢財，之後在Instagram和eBay上售賣這些Gucci、 Fendi、Burberry真品，每個包包盈利超過2000美元。

She ran her elaborate scam for years across America, making fraudulent returns at more than 60 stores across 12 states, according to the US Department of Justice.

據美國司法部表示，多年來她跑遍美國，精心設計騙局，騙遍了美國12州、超過60家商場。

She was sentenced last Wednesday to 30 months in prison. The conwoman was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $403,250.81 in forfeiture and the same amount in restitution to her victims.

上週三，她被判入獄30個月。該女子還被判3年監外看管，並被沒收403,250.81美元（約合人民幣280萬元）賠償受害商家。

Originally from Thailand, Smatsorabudh was living in Arlington, Virginia, reportedly on a student visa at the time of her arrest. But her Instagram account was awash with pictures of her lavish lifestyle.

斯瑪索拉布來自泰國，被捕時以學生簽證居住在弗吉尼亞州阿靈頓。但是她的Instagram賬戶上充斥着奢華生活的照片。

When she wasn't flogging the expensive purses she was posting about sushi, working out at the gym and French-style patisseries.

她不是出售昂貴的名包，就是上傳壽司、法式甜點、出入健身房健身的圖片。

The last post on her social media account says 'what comes easy won't last, what lasts won't come easy'.

“輕易獲得不會長久，來之不易才能長久。”這是她在社交網站上發出的最後一段文字這樣寫道。