The former heat memory cover accused of selling 2 million dollars in stolen jerseys

Former Miami heat The Security Officer accused of selling stolen jerseys and other memorabilia on Tuesday, Tuesday, a million dollars in the Federal Court on Tuesday, on Tuesday.

Marcos Thomas Perez, 62, Miami, is accused of transportation and transfer of stolen goods in interstate trade.

The joint announcement from the Southern County of Florida and Miami FBI said that law enforcement was carried out for a search order in Pereča residence 3. April seized about 300 stolen jerseys and other memorabilias. Heat confirmed that the items were stolen from their facility.

The filling document said Perez sold objects to network intermediaries. During the three-year period, the authorities say that Perez sold more than 100 stolen items for about $ 2 million and delivered them in state lines, often in negotiating prices. They say Perez sold Miami’s heat jersey who wear out Lebron James during NBA Final for about $ 100,000. That jersey was later sold at Sothebia auction for $ 3.7 million.

Perez, 25-year-old retired Veteran Miami Police Department department, worked for the heat since 2016. until 2021. years as an NBA security worker of 2022. To 2025. years.

Perez worked on the security details of the game in the center of the Kasey. He was among just a few employees in accessing the equipment provided by the equipment guarded by the memorabilion of the organization intended to display in the future team museum. Documents say Perez approached the equipment room to steal, in everything more than 400 jerseys of games and other cases.

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