Lauderhill store owner arrested after $1.6 million in counterfeit jewelry seized – NBC 6 South Florida

The owner of a Lauderhill jewelry store is facing charges after police seized more than $1.6 million worth of counterfeit luxury goods from her store, officials said.

Ok Yon So, 71, was arrested Monday on charges of selling or offering for sale counterfeit goods, according to an arrest report and jail records.

The report states: Davie is the owner of Sharon Jewelry in Lauderhill Mall.

In December, authorities learned that counterfeit Chenel jewelry was being sold by Sharon Jewelry after a Chanel investigator went to the store and found a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace priced at $100 and earrings priced at $40. Dollar for $128.40, the report said.

The worker who sold the items said they were copies, and when asked how much they would have cost if they were real, he said about $10,000, the report said.

The investigator confirmed that the Van Cleef & Arpels items purchased were counterfeits, and a Van Cleef & Arpels attorney said a genuine necklace had a suggested retail price of $8,400, while the earrings had a suggested retail price of $8,400 would have $6,400.

The Chanel investigator had previously served Sharon Jewelry and So with a cease-and-desist letter on behalf of Chanel in May 2020, demanding that they stop selling all items marked with Chanel logos, the report said.

At that time, it refused to voluntarily hand over the goods with Chanel logos, according to the report.

In January, an undercover agent went to Sharon Jewelry posing as a customer and found several counterfeit items, including a $25 Chanel pendant, $99 Chanel earrings, a 14-karat Chanel ring for $225, a 10-carat Chanel bangle for $625, a Van Cleef & Arpels ring for $35, and a Van Cleef & Arpels earrings, bracelet and necklace set for $840 -dollars, the report says.

The Chanel earrings were purchased for $49, although a real pair would normally sell for around $550. Chanel later confirmed that the earrings were fake.

In February, an undercover officer went to Sharon Jewelry again and Chanel earrings were purchased for $39, even though the authentic pair was valued at $550, the warrant says. These earrings also turned out to be fake.

On March 13, a search warrant was executed at Sharon Jewelry and 246 pieces of suspected counterfeit jewelry and cash valued at $20,358 were seized, the report said.

According to the report, So was interviewed by investigators and admitted to selling counterfeit jewelry.

The seized jewelry, which included Chanel, Christian Dior, Rolex, Warner Brother, Sanrio, Versace, Louis Vuitton and Gucci, if authentic, would have had a suggested retail price of $1,617,367, the report said .

So he was sent to prison. Attorney information was not available.