Gucci and Louis Vuitton representatives are seeking compensation from the straw vendors who were arrested in New York for trafficking in counterfeit goods.<\/p>\n
The Tribune newspaper reports in a front page article that designer label companies, such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton, are seeking compensation from the Bahamian straw vendors arrested in the United States.<\/p>\n
Eliot Sagor, the attorney retained by the Bahamas government to assist the vendors, said representatives of these companies appeared in court during the sentencing of vendor Judy Duncombe.<\/p>\n
The companies are seeking damages, as restitution is part of the sentencing law in the United States.<\/p>\n
However, judge Thomas Griesa did not order restitution.<\/p>\n
Duncombe, along with vendor and co-conspirator Margaret Pierre, were ordered to leave the United States immediately. They arrived home yeasterday.<\/p>\n
Duncombe and Pierre pleaded guilty and received sentences of time served, as did Tracy Davis who pleaded guilty last week and was released.<\/p>\n
Six other vendors are still waiting for their cases to be heard in court.\u00a0 Five of them are still in jail. One was released on bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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