NYU scholar accuses roommate of stealing over $50,000 value of garments, purses and jewellery, courtroom paperwork say

A New York College scholar is suing her roommate and her roommate’s mom for allegedly stealing greater than $50,000 value of garments, purses, and jewellery after which making an attempt to promote the objects by an internet consignment retailer, courtroom paperwork present.

The go well with alleges that Aurora Agapov’s roommate Kaitlyn Fung “concocted a scheme whereby she would steal Plaintiff’s jewellery and high-end designer clothes and purses and promote similar by The Actual Actual.”

Agapov, who accomplished her freshman yr at New York College earlier this summer season, observed round Could 1 that a few of her belongings had been lacking, courtroom paperwork present. On the identical day, she allegedly found a receipt written to her roommate Fung, who’s from Outdated Tappan, New Jersey. The go well with alleges the receipt was from the luxurious consignment retailer The RealReal and listed a few of the allegedly stolen objects.

“My coronary heart dropped,” Agapov mentioned to the New York Put up about her discovery of the alleged thefts, which included objects given to her by her mom. “We spoke just about day-after-day,” She added to the Put up about her roommate. “I would say we did not actually have any falling outs or something.” 

Fung’s authorized group, Agapov’s authorized group, and The RealReal didn’t instantly reply to CBS Information’ request for remark.

In response to the lawsuit, that evening, Agapov confronted Fung, who’d been her roommate for the 2023-2024 faculty yr, and Fung allegedly admitted she’d stolen a number of worthwhile objects, a few of which had already been offered by The RealReal, which calls itself “the most important market for authenticated luxurious consignment.” 

At Agapov’s request, Fung allegedly signed onto her RealReal account and confirmed her the objects listed on the market. In response to the go well with, they included a Solange Azagury 18K ruby ring value $23,765, a Celine Nanno tote value $3,300 and a Chanel purse value $4,000. 

The app additionally allegedly listed stolen objects that had already been offered, together with a Chanel Strauss that had offered for $175 and a Bvlgari necklace that had offered for $2,485. In response to the go well with, each objects “had been offered for considerably lower than their true market worth. Particularly, the Chanel Strauss Bracelet had a price of $2,000 and the Bvlgari Necklace had a price of roughly $13,000.”

The app allegedly listed different objects stolen from Agapov however returned to Fung, together with a Gucci purse, a Celine purse and Christian Louboutin sneakers. 

In response to the go well with, the worth of the unsold stolen objects is roughly $31,000, whereas the damages being hunted for the offered stolen objects is a minimum of $20,000.

Agapov reported the alleged theft to the New York Police Division on Could 2, and Fung was arrested the identical day, the go well with acknowledged.

When Agapov went to The RealReal retailer in downtown Manhattan to debate the theft, an worker instructed her that Fung’s mom, referred to within the go well with as Jane Doe, instructed the shop to ship the unsold objects to her dwelling in New Jersey, courtroom paperwork allege. These objects haven’t but been returned, regardless of Agapov’s calls for, the go well with mentioned. 

A courtroom summons for Fung was handed to her father at her New Jersey residence on June 6, courtroom paperwork confirmed.