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WJLA investigates the counterfeit makeup market

(WJLA) — Kylie Jenner hates it. She hates it when counterfeiters steal her brand name and produce a product that looks a little like hers but is nothing like hers.

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Counterfeit Beauty Products: Protect Yourself from Damage

Makeup has always been a fun hobby and the rise of YouTube’s beauty vloggers and Instagram influencers has taken the obsession for the precise application of the perfect product to new heights.

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How Fake Beauty Products Have Infiltrated Amazon, Target, and Other Reliable Retailers

It’s a warm, overcast Saturday morning at a flea market in central New Jersey. Through the mist, I can make out acres of vendors setting up their stands outdoors. By 9 a.m., folding tables are filled — iPhone screens, Gatorade, raw honey — and shoppers are streaming in.

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The Warning Signs of Fake Beauty Products

Refinery29 senior beauty editor Lexy Lebsack shares photos of two women who had negative reactions after using fake beauty products. Then, James Ricaurte, president of the Allegiance Protection Group, explains how you can avoid being duped.

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Anti-Counterfeit Expert James Ricaurte from Allegiance Protection

James Ricaurte, renowned ex-NYPD Detective and anti-counterfeit expert from Allegiance Protection Group will be a guest on The Dr. Oz Show airing in October.

“The Dr. Oz Show” — produced by Harpo Productions (founded by Oprah Winfrey) and distributed by Sony Pictures Television — is hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, accredited health expert, best-selling author, and world renowned cardiac surgeon.

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Buying knock-offs not a bargain for National Security

NEW YORK — We found the tables stacked with handbags near corners on Broadway and 7th Avenue, in the 50’s near the Ed Sullivan Theatre and traveling south, closer to the musicals that draw tourists from around the world.

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We Went Inside Beauty’s Black Market & It’s Worse Than You Think

Update: Buying and selling counterfeit cosmetics in L.A.’s famed Santee Alley has continued since this piece was released, but that might finally be changing. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed last week that it confiscated $700,000 worth of knockoff makeup in the downtown L.A. shopping district — some of which tested positive for high levels of feces and bacteria.

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Two Arrested for Allegedly Selling Counterfeit Merchandise in Downtown Newark

Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose and Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino report the arrest of Mr. Elhadji Dieng (left), 59, and Mr. Abdou Gueye (right), 62, both of Newark, by members of the Newark Police Division and Essex County Prosecutor’s Office (ECPO) as part of a downtown clean-up operation yesterday.

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Queens Pair Charged With Peddling Designer Knock-Offs, Over $250K Worth of Fake Goods Seized

Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown with Assistant District Attorney Anna K. Diao stand beside over $250,000 worth of fake designer goods allegedly confiscated following the arrest of two individuals from Flushing

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$250,000 Worth of Alleged Counterfeit Merchandize Seized

Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown today announced that a man and woman fromFlushing are charged with trademark counter feiting following the seizure of more than $250,000 worth

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Counterfeit apparel seized on Long Island

The Ugg boots, North Face jackets and belts on display on Long Island may look but they are actually all counterfeit items.

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Hicksville man sold fake North Face jackets, officials say

A Hicksville man was arrested Monday at the warehouse where he kept more than 50,000 counterfeit The North Face jackets, law enforcement officials said.

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State Police seize $684,000 in alleged counterfeit Apple, Microsoft and other electronics

A Roselle Park man faces charges that he warehoused $684,620 in counterfeit electronics components that were sold as components made by Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and other legitimate companies.

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$300,000 to $500,000 in Counterfeit Toys Seized

Queens County District Attorney Richard A. Brown today announced the arrest of three individua ls at a Flushing, Queens, warehouse for their alleged involvement in the illegal distribution of trademark counterfeited toys with an estimated retail value of between $300,000 and $500,000.

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Flushing Man Charged With Possessing Large Quantities of Untaxed Cigarettes and Counterfeit Tax Stamps

Queens County District Attorney Richard A. Brown to day announced that a Flus hing resident has been charged with second-degree trademark counter feiting

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Catching Counterfeiters, a Real Cat-and-Mouse Game

The salesman found a bit of shade on the corner of Hester and Baxter Streets in Chinatown and waited. Not for long. A young woman approached, and he pulled a dog-eared pamphlet from the pocket of his cargo shorts.

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