泰国女子买名牌包后用山寨包退货 获利百万美元

A woman who bought designer handbags online before returning Chinese knock-offs to stores and netting the profits has been jailed.

一名女子在网上购买名牌包后，向商店退还中国山寨包以此来盈利，最终因此锒铛入狱。

Praepitcha Smatsorabudh, 41, from Arlington, pocketed the money she was refunded when she returned the fake bags in place of the authentic purchases to the department stores and then sold the authentic versions of the Gucci, Fendi and Burberry bags on Instagram and eBay for more than $2,000 each.

来自阿灵顿的41岁女子普瑞佩查·斯玛索拉布通过向百货公司退还代替真品的山寨包获取钱财，之后在Instagram和eBay上售卖这些Gucci、 Fendi、Burberry真品，每个包包盈利超过2000美元。

She ran her elaborate scam for years across America, making fraudulent returns at more than 60 stores across 12 states, according to the US Department of Justice.

据美国司法部表示，多年来她跑遍美国，精心设计骗局，骗遍了美国12州、超过60家商场。

She was sentenced last Wednesday to 30 months in prison. The conwoman was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $403,250.81 in forfeiture and the same amount in restitution to her victims.

上周三，她被判入狱30个月。该女子还被判3年监外看管，并被没收403,250.81美元（约合人民币280万元）赔偿受害商家。

Originally from Thailand, Smatsorabudh was living in Arlington, Virginia, reportedly on a student visa at the time of her arrest. But her Instagram account was awash with pictures of her lavish lifestyle.

斯玛索拉布来自泰国，被捕时以学生签证居住在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿。但是她的Instagram账户上充斥着奢华生活的照片。

When she wasn't flogging the expensive purses she was posting about sushi, working out at the gym and French-style patisseries.

她不是出售昂贵的名包，就是上传寿司、法式甜点、出入健身房健身的图片。

The last post on her social media account says 'what comes easy won't last, what lasts won't come easy'.

“轻易获得不会长久，来之不易才能长久。”这是她在社交网站上发出的最后一段文字这样写道。