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The Southern District of Florida U.S. Attorney’s office announced Tuesday that a former Miami Heat security guard has been charged with selling stolen jerseys and other memorabilia worth up to $2 million.
Marcos Thomas Perez, 62, of Miami, was charged with transporting and transferring stolen goods in interstate commerce.
Perez, a 25-year retired veteran of the City of Miami Police Department, was employed as a security officer with the Miami Heat from 2016 to 2021 and later worked as an NBA security employee from 2022 to 2025, according to a Department of Justice press release.
Perez was among a limited number of employees with access to a secured equipment room that stored hundreds of game-worn jerseys and other memorabilia that were meant