Police raided a Chelsea apartment yesterday and discovered an enormous cache of counterfeit Apple products and Beats by Dr. Dre headphones worth almost $1 million retail, cops said.
Officers began staking out the building on West 28th Street near Seventh Avenue after an arrest last month when they saw a man leave the building with a fake iPhone that he later tried to sell on a Hell’s Kitchen street corner, cops said.
The alleged swindler, Iaron Baskerville, was arrested and charged with possession of a forged instrument and fraudulent accounting.
Apple confirmed the iPhone was a fake.
The cops — Sgt. John O’Connell and Officers Douglas Rome and Ryan Lynch — then got a search warrant for the building.
Police found the treasure trove of fake electronics, which included 500 iPhones and iPods, 19 iPads and 4,200 pairs of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones.
A police source said the goods could fetch more than $900,000 if sold on the street.
Mo Ling, 36, and Cindy Lie, 25, were charged with trademark counterfeiting.