San Antonio Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Over Two Million Dollars Worth of Counterfeit Goods

United States Attorney Johnny Sutton announced that 54-year-old Tong C. Park of San Antonio was sentenced late yesterday afternoon to 41 months’ in federal prison for trafficking over $2 million dollars in counterfeit goods.

In January, Park pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and five counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods. Park admitted to selling counterfeit apparel including jerseys and caps that contained Major League Baseball, National Football League and National Basketball Association team logos. She also admitted to selling purses and sunglasses which contained counterfeit Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Ray Ban, Oakley and Gucci labels.

In February 2008, Park was arrested by FBI agents after selling more than 1,000 counterfeit goods to an undercover operative at multiple locations across San Antonio from February 2006, to April 2007. On May 11, 2007, authorities executed a search warrant at three storage facilities used by the defendant and seized in excess of 28,000 counterfeit items.

Park’s alleged supplier, co-defendant Seung Seub Lee, is a fugitive and is believed to be in South Korea after fleeing the United States subsequent to the search warrants being executed. Anyone with information as to Lee’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 210-225-6741.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and San Antonio Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Mark Roomberg is prosecuting this case on behalf of the Government.