A former Miami Heat security worker and retired Miami Police officer has been charged in a massive memorabilia theft that involved millions of dollars' worth of game-used jerseys and other items, authorities said.

Marcos Thomas Perez, 62, is charged with transporting and transferring stolen goods in interstate commerce following an FBI investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida said Tuesday.

Perez, who is also a retired 25-year veteran of the Miami Police Department, is accused of stealing jerseys and other memorabilia and selling the items to online brokers, authorities said.

Perez worked for the Heat from 2016 to 2021, and also worked as an NBA security employee from 2022 to 2025.

During that time, Perez accessed a secured equipment room at Kaseya

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