BROOKLYN: Designer Eyeglass Fraudster With Two Convictions Arrested For A third Time

BROOKLYN: Vitaly Borker, 45, faces charges of mail and wire fraud and identity theft.

Prosecutors allege that Borker's website sold knockoff designer frames that were passed off as original, and offered repair services that either weren't done or were done in a substandard way. The government also alleges Borker stole the identities of others to operate his site.

In 2011, he pled guilty to wire fraud charges related to an online eyeglass business and was sentenced to four years in federal prison. In 2018, he pled guilty to new wire fraud charges related to a different website and was sentenced to two years' prison.

Prosecutors allege that Borker continues to own all three sites -- DecorMyEyes, OpticsFast and EyeglassesDepot -- and that he stole the identity of the person to whom he allegedly sold them.