Overview

• Isaac Lapidus, 34, was arrested in Nassau County on trademark counterfeiting and conspiracy charges, pleaded not guilty, and was released to pretrial supervision without bail.
• Prosecutors say five Amazon seller accounts tied to Lapidus moved hundreds of thousands of Nintendo accessories from 2018 to 2025, generating more than $2 million in sales.
• Detectives executed a Sept. 2 search at a warehouse at 4217 Austin Blvd. in Island Park and seized 46 boxes of Switch docking stations and power adapter sets, 23 boxes of Cool Baby HD video game sets, and 33 boxes of Pokémon Plus Go accessories, which the DA says Amazon deemed counterfeit.
• Investigators cite incorrect serial numbers, product codes, designs, and Japanese language characters as indicators the goods were fake, following Amazon’s freeze of the seller accounts.
• Lapidus’s attorney argues arbitration with Amazon never proved counterfeiting and calls the case a setup, while the DA says the broader probe continues and additional arrests could follow.