Evacuees Using Debit Cards to Buy Expensive Designer Goods?!!

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NOT! Fauxnews has repeated several times today that "people bought $800 Vuitton Handbags" with their debit cards.

Sept. 5, 2005, 3:01PM
Knockoffs seized by Customs going to victims
Associated Press


WASHINGTON — The Yves St. Laurent and Tommy Hilfiger labels may be phony, but the thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims getting knockoff items seized by federal customs officials probably don't mind.

Displaced survivors in the Houston Astrodome can choose from counterfeit and abandoned clothing, toys, and even dog food.

More than 100,000 items were quickly taken from warehouses and more will follow, said Kristi Clemens, spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection division.

The agency has some 1 million items stored, and Customs officials are going through their inventory to see what else would be useful. While the initial shipment went to Texas, officials are looking toward a wider distribution, Clemens said.

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