MILWAUKEE — Newly obtained court documents reveal information about the federal criminal search warrant investigation on Milwaukee’s south side last week.
On Monday, May 19, federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were spotted outside Dutti Fashion.
The court documents detail the investigation which unfolded that afternoon, an investigation we now know was into alleged counterfeit merchandise trafficking.
The search warrant is part of an investigation that has been conducted by multiple agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, a private investigation firm licensed in Illinois, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
According to the documents, filed on May 16, 2025, the investigation is centered on four locations in the Milwaukee area, including two residences:
- Dutti Fashion LLC
- Jordan River Fashion LLC
- A residence near 39th and Heatheridge Drive
- A residence near 27th and Grange Avenue
Prosecutors say the owner of Dutti Fashion LLC, Jordan River Fashion LLC, and several others worked together to import counterfeit merchandise to multiple locations, including residences, and then sell them to customers. Documents allege the owners of both businesses to be brothers. Dutti Fashion is located on Historic Mitchell Street near 6th Street. Jordan River Fashion is on 35th and North Avenue.
The investigation, which spanned several years, goes all the way back to 2017. Agents say since then, they've been tracking and seizing international shipments from Hong Kong, Turkey, and Egypt. The shipments, according to court documents, were being shipped to Dutti Fashion and Jordan River Fashion.
In one shipment, in 2019, seized counterfeit Louis Vuitton and Gucci items, estimated to be worth almost $35,000 and almost $32,000, respectively.
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It also included overt operations, where undercover agents from the private investigation firm and HSI Milwaukee special agents seized counterfeit products.
Throughout the investigation, investigators allegedly documented more than 15,000 counterfeit luxury items, including brands like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Christian Dior, Versace, Burberry and Chanel. They said they found wallets, shoes, hats, clothes and watches.
Investigators also allegedly documented finding other luxury counterfeit items from Rolex, Celine, Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo, with the documents detailing CBP seizing a shipment from Hong Kong in 2020 that contained dozens of counterfeit Rolex watches, with an estimated MSRP value of almost $1 million.
As part of the investigation, the warrant authorized the seizure of numerous items, including:
- Financial records related to Dutti Fashion and Jordan River Fashion
- Evidence linking the two businesses
- Customer and vendor information
- Counterfeit luxury clothing, handbags and accessories
- Electronic devices and their contents
- Cash proceeds from counterfeit merchandise sales
As of Monday, none of the people investigators are focusing on have been charged with a crime, according to federal court records.
We did reach out to the owner prosecutors list in the documents for Dutti Fashion. He said he didn't own Dutti Fashion anymore, so we started asking more questions, then he hung up.
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