A former Miami Heat security guard pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to transporting and transferring stolen goods in interstate commerce, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

DOJ: Millions in stolen memorabilia sold online

The Justice Department said Marcos Thomas Perez , 62, admitted to stealing hundreds of game-worn jerseys and other memorabilia belonging to the Miami Heat and selling them to online brokers.

Prosecutors said the items, valued in the millions, included rare jerseys.

Perez, a 25-year retired veteran of the City of Miami Police Department, worked as a Heat security officer from 2016 to 2021 and later as an NBA security employee from 2022 to 2025, according to the DOJ.

While working game-day security at the Kaseya Center, Perez had access to a secur

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