Pinellas man pleads guilty to trafficking in bogus sports jerseys
October 30, 2019 - A 74-year-old Clearwater man faces up to 10 years in federal prison, after pleading guilty to trafficking in counterfeit sports jerseys. Thomas Walker owned and operated “Tim’s Sports Cards Plus,” operated from a booth at the Oldsmar Flea Market, where he sold numerous sports jerseys bearing the counterfeit trademarks of the NFL, NHL and MLB, according to a statement from the U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. In January 2017, federal law enforcement agents seized 699 jerseys bearing counterfeit NFL marks at the flea market and seized over 1,500 additional counterfeit jerseys from all three purported sports leagues at Walker's home. Walker admitted that he had purchased the counterfeit jerseys from a supplier in China, prosecutors said.