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Woman Goes to Jail for Elaborate Handbag-Reselling Scheme

A handbag-selling con artist cheated department stores out of a fortune and duped countless customers. The truth usually comes out, as one woman is learning the hard way now that her illegal money-making scam has been revealed, according to ABC News. Praepitcha Smatsorabudh of Arlington, Va., has spent years buying designer handbags — including Celine, Fendi, Givenchy, and Yves Saint Laurent — from department stores, then purchasing cheap knockoffs and returning the bogus bags for the full pric