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The office of the prosecutor of the South District of Florida announced Tuesday that a former Security Guard of Miami Heat was accused of selling stolen shirts and other memories worth up to $ 2 million.
Marcos Thomas Pérez, 62, from Miami, was accused of transporting and transferring stolen goods in interstatal trade.
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View of the NBA logo on a board before the game between the Houston Rockets and the Miami Heat in the Toyota Center on April 5, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Troy torormina/USA Today Sports)
Pérez, a 25 -year -old retired veteran from the Police Department of the City of Miami, worked as a security officer with the Miami Heat from 2016 to 2021 and then worked as a NBA security employee from 2022 to 2025, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.
Pérez was among a limited number of employees with access to an insured team room that stored hundreds of t -shirts worn by the game and other memories that should be exhibited in a future Miami Heat museum.
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A detailed view of the shot and the play clock in front of the canvas with the Miami Heat logo that covers the seats in the sand during the second half between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks in the American Airlines Arena on December 29, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Jasen Vinlove/USA Today Sports)
Pérez supposedly accessed the team room several times to steal more than 400 shirts used in the game and other items, which he later sold to several online markets, according to the press release. Pérez supposedly sold a Miami Heat shirt used by LeBron James during the NBA finals for approximately $ 100,000. That same shirt was later sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $ 3.7 million.
The announcement also said that the Police executed a search warrant at the Pérez residence on April 3 and confiscated about 300 stolen shirts and other valuable memories. The heat confirmed that the articles had been stolen from their facilities.
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The loading document said that Pérez sold the items to the online corridors. For a period of three years, the authorities say that Pérez sold more than 100 articles stolen for approximately $ 2 million and sent them through state lines, often at bargain prices.
