Nov. 2, 2006
Seller of designer fakes gets probation
HYANNIS – A Framingham man caught selling counterfeit designer handbags at a Mashpee flea market in 2001 will be confined at home for five months.
Jack Hoffman, 66, was sentenced last week to three years probation, the first five months of which must be served at home with electronic monitoring., according to information from prosecutors.
Hoffman pleaded guilty May 10 to trafficking in counterfeit goods.
In 2001 and 2002, Hoffman sold copies of Burberry, Gucci, Coach, Hermes, Kate Spade, Louis Vuitton and Prada bags at the flea market and elsewhere. He had about 200 fake bags for sale in August 2001 and 750 counterfeit bags and wallets at his house in July 2002.
Worth about $38,000 as counterfeit bags, the fakes were of lower price and quality than if they were originals, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Kenneth W. Kaiser, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New England Field Division. The FBI investigated the case.
Hoffman is the brother of Abbie Hoffman, the late Worcester-born radical political activist. – Midday Update, Cape Cod Times
Full disclosure – I DID know Abbie, but I didn’t know Jack.
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Peter, you’re a great guy, but the fact that you’re Republican already told us that you don’t know Jack.