US EditionLong Island Man Sold Fake Nintendo Products on Amazon, Prosecutors Say
Isaac Lapidus operated five Amazon seller accounts from 2018 to 2025, selling over $2 million in counterfeit Nintendo products including 200,000 Switch docks, prosecutors said.
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Long Island man allegedly sold thousands of fake Nintendo products over Amazon for years
Inside a nondescript warehouse on Austin Boulevard in Island Park, police and investigators seized boxes upon boxes of fake Nintendo Switch Docking Stations, Switch Adapters and Pokémon Go accessories. On Thursday, 34-year-old Isaac Lapidus was arrested and charged with counterfeiting, a Class C felony that carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. “It was actually Amazon that brought...
Man accused of selling fake Nintendo products, including Switch docks, that made over $2 million in years-long scheme
A 34 year-old man from Long Island was arraigned this week after a scheme was uncovered in which fake Nintendo products were sold for years, which brought in over $2 million. Isaac Lapidus will now need to deal with trademark counterfeiting and conspiracy charges. While he plead not guilty and was released, this is far from over. Lapidus is accused... The post Man accused of selling fake Nintendo products, including Switch docks, that made over …
It seems that we have a new legal case originating in Pokémon GO. After learning the details of its new forms of monetization and the layoffs in Niantic after it sold this and other games, we have now known that Nintendo continues its fight against the sale of counterfeit products and recently achieved a major blow. Isaac Lapidus, 34, was arrested for selling hundreds of thousands of counterfeits through Amazon, including bases and adapters for …
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