Cedarhurst woman arrested for selling bogus items at Catholic school holiday fair

Posted

Diane Portillo, 34, of First St. in Cedarhurst, was among four women who were arrested for allegedly selling counterfeit designer merchandise at the Holiday Craft Fair at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville last Saturday, police said.

Fredda Zamchik, 63, of North Bellmore; Laurice NcIsaacs, 68, of Rosedale and Veronica Barmes, 31, of Ozone Park, and Portillo were charged with trademark counterfeiting. They are scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Dec. 7.

Nassau County police said that officers were informed that imitation items from designers such as Chanel, Gucci, Michael Kors, Prada and Louis Vitton were being sold by vendors at the craft fair. The police saw the women working as vendors with the bogus items at their stations.