The NYPD recently arrested a Queens native after a decade-long fraud investigation that smashed a counterfeit ring that imported over $5M worth of fake timberlands, UGGS and other footwear into NYC.
Since 2011, Federal prosecutors have alleged that Hai Long Huang had been sending containers of fake footwear into New York from China.t.

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The Timberland boots were found to be fake when law enforcement agents removed Timberland’s signature tree from the bottom of the shoe, which revealed a ‘Fangeli’ logo. During another sale a federal agent was able to purchase a case containing twelve pair of Timberlands for $515.
Huang is reported to have shipped 27,252 of fake Uggs, with a sale value of $4,741,840. He also sold 6000 pairs of the Timberland boot, that totalled a sale value of $123 million.
Huang appeared in court yesterday and released on $75K secured bond.