Long Island man allegedly made $2M selling fake Nintendo products in years-long scheme

A Long Island man is facing charges after allegedly selling bogus Nintendo products in a years-long scheme that made him over $2 million.

Isaac Lapidus, 34, of Lawrence, was arraigned on Wednesday in a Nassau County district court on charges of trademark counterfeiting and conspiracy. He pleaded not guilty and was released to pre-trial services, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.

It's not clear if he has obtained an attorney.

District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly alleged that Lapidus sold "hundreds of thousands of counterfeit Nintendo accessories for popular consoles and games" through Amazon. He allegedly kept the phony items in an Island Park warehouse, she said.

The scheme was uncovered after Amazon and Nintendo learned that fake products were being sold through five Amazon seller accounts. An investigation found that the five seller accounts were connected to Lapidus, according to the release.

Between October 2018 and September 2025, Lapidus allegedly sold more than 200,000 faux Nintendo Switch docking stations, 10,000 docking station adapters, and about 15,705 Pokémon Go Plus accessories, the press release said. The district attorney’s office alleged that the gross sales totaled more than $2 million.

“Despite consumer complaints about imitation products in their reviews, sales totaled into the millions of dollars,” Donnelly said. “Counterfeit products are not just bad for business; they can also be dangerous for consumers, especially when electronics are involved.”

A search warrant was executed at the Island Park warehouse, where authorities recovered 46 boxes of Nintendo Switch docking stations and power adapter sets, 23 boxes of Nintendo Cool Baby HD video game sets, and 33 boxes of Nintendo Pokémon Plus Go accessories. The district attorney’s office said Amazon determined all of the items to be counterfeit.