‘Compulsion to have expensive handbags’ lands woman in prison
Praepitcha Smatsorabudh’s business was illegal but brilliant. She would buy designer handbags from department stores, then return fake versions she had specially made in China and Hong Kong. Most of the real bags she would sell on Instagram and eBay.
Prosecutors say she also kept dozens or perhaps hundreds of high-end bags for herself. She did it all, according to court documents, “because of her compulsion to have expensive handbags.”
Smatsorabudh, of Arlington County, was arrested in June and sentenced Wednesday to 33 months in prison by a federal judge in Alexandria.
Praepitcha Smatsorabudh’s business was illegal but brilliant. She would buy designer handbags from department stores, then return fake versions she had specially made in China and Hong Kong. Most of the real bags she would sell on Instagram and eBay.
Prosecutors say she also kept dozens or perhaps hundreds of high-end bags for herself. She did it all, according to court documents, “because of her compulsion to have expensive handbags.”
Smatsorabudh, of Arlington County, was arrested in June and sentenced Wednesday to 33 months in prison by a federal judge in Alexandria.



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