Designer Nancy Gonzalez sentenced to prison for smuggling crocodile and python handbags


by The Guardian

The Guardian— Celebrity fashion designer, who recruited couriers to transport bags from her native Colombia to US on commercial flights, receives 18-month sentence

One Green Planet—Fashion Icon Nancy Gonzalez Sentenced to Prison for Smuggling Crocodile Handbags. Fashion designer Nancy Gonzalez has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling python and crocodile handbags.

New York Post—Celebrity handbag designer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling crocodile handbags. MIAMI — A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV...

Yahoo—Celebrity handbag designer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling crocodile handbags. A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court on charges of smuggling crocodile handbags from her native Colombia. Nancy Gonzalez was arrested in 2022 in Cali, Colombia, and later extradited to the U.S. for running a sprawling multiyear conspiracy that involved recruiting couriers to transport her handbags on...