Melissa Cruz, a New Britain, Conn., resident, plead guilty Monday in a U.S. district court in Hartford for her participation in a conspiracy to import and sell counterfeit goods .

The 37-year-old and her co-conspirators made more than $4 million in gross sales of counterfeit clothing and fake designer handbags through peer-to-peer payment services including CashApp, PayPal and Venmo, according to David X. Sullivan, U.S. attorney for Connecticut.

His office revealed the news with Michael J. Krol, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations for New England. After appearing before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford, Cruz was released on her own recognizance pending her sentencing, which is scheduled for March 12.

Based on court documents and statements that

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