"A retired City of Miami Police veteran and former Miami Heat security officer will spend three years in federal prison after admitting to stealing hundreds of game-worn jerseys and other memorabilia from the team to sell for his own profit. Marcos Tomas Perez, 62, of Miami, was sentenced on Jan. 7 and is currently held in FDC Miami. He was ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution and will be on supervised release for two years after serving his sentence, court records show."
"In 2021, Perez accessed the room for authorized work purposes. He sent text messages to a friend: "I have hit the lotto let me send you photos" and "I found the game used storage Warehouse in the arena." After that day and continuing for more than three years, Perez started regularly accessing the room while working shifts, telling co-workers he needed to use the bathroom or other reasons to leave his position, the factual proffer said."
Marcos Tomas Perez, 62, was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Jan. 7 and ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution, with two years of supervised release. Perez served as a Miami Police officer for over two decades and worked in the Miami Heat's security department from 2016 to 2021, with similar NBA security duties granting access to an equipment room storing game-worn jerseys intended for a future Heat museum. Beginning in 2021, Perez repeatedly accessed the storage room during shifts, removed hundreds of items, and sold them through a third-party liaison and later his company, South Florida Signature Authenticators Incorporated.
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