The Birkin Drama
Victims of the scam, who include high-ranking Manhattan social queens, allege that George falsely claimed a friendship with Hermès gatekeeper Michael Coste, convincing the wealthy women that he could obtain even the most exclusive pieces from the brand.
Thus he moonlighted as their purse plug - they gave him the dough, he got them the most coveted status symbols on the market. Well, black market, as it turns out...
The jig was finally up when some of his friends-turned-clients brought their bags in to be authenticated and learned that they were indeed counterfeits. One surefire sign that they were fake? They were missing the unique "date stamp" used to identify every Birkin bag. Yikes.
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