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10/19/06 3:45 PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

Three members of a Daly City family have been indicted on charges of selling counterfeit designer handbags and other goods over the Internet and at a Richmond storefront, federal prosecutors announced in San Francisco today.

Nancy Tan Pua, 49; her son, Kevin Pua, 27; and her brother, Johnny Lee Tan, 45, are named in a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on Tuesday.

The 50-count superseding indictment replaces an earlier indictment returned in January. It adds charges of money laundering against Nancy Pua and Tan to previous charges of conspiracy, fraud and selling counterfeit goods.

The counterfeit items were handbags and other merchandise and bore phony Prada, Dior and Gucci labels, among others, according to the indictment.

The indictment alleges that Nancy Pua and relatives and employees sold the goods both through online auctions at the eBay Internet site and through a Richmond business called Label Love.

In 10 of the money laundering counts, Nancy Pua is accused of transferring a total of more than $2 million to overseas bank accounts in Switzerland, Malta and China in 2002 and 2003 with the intent to promote the sale of counterfeit goods.

U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan said Nancy Pua was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 16 when she returned to the United States from an overseas trip and Kevin Pua and Tan were arrested in Daly City the same day.

All three have been released on bail, Ryan said.

The counts carry possible maximum penalties ranging from five to 20 years in prison upon conviction, but the actual penalties, if the defendants are convicted, would be determined by a judge after consideration of federal sentencing guidelines.

here is the son's myspace page. he actually SAYS (alot) that he hates the US government and likes to "give aid and comfort" to terrorists.

well. i hope he has fun doing that from prison. ;)