Billions of dollars are generated each year in the sports memorabilia and trading card industry, but who are the buyers | dG1fMHEzcHhyakhLNTA
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00:00If I wasn't selling forgeries out of my hotel room to cover my expenses, where does the
00:12money come from?
00:42The FBI and Mahoney County prosecutors have broken what they say was a fake sports memorabilia
00:59racket.
01:02It's all about money.
01:03Wherever there's a lot of money involved, there's a lot of fraud involved.
01:06It's ultimately about greed.
01:09One will be graded a seven, and it looks exactly like the one that's a nine.
01:12That's just absolutely devastating to the industry.
01:15I say let them be oblivious.
01:21And it just went nuts.
01:24Very different signatures coming back from the athletes.
01:28In a scheme where prosecutors say he sold fake autographs.
01:31It's like, that's not me.
01:35Do I see a lot of women in this hobby?
01:36No, I don't.
01:37Every attic in America is going to get cleaned out this weekend.
01:43And it was a legitimate business.
01:45Him and I never actually ever talked about it.
01:47We had two huge trailers boxed up evidence that we had.
01:51The Black Swamp find is, I would consider, one of the two greatest finds in the sports
01:56collecting industry.
01:58Pylons for end zones, we sold anything and everything.
02:03It was an addiction.
02:04They liked living the professional athlete type lifestyle without being a professional
02:10athlete.
02:11We are going to continue to go after the scams.
02:17300 autographs off the top of my head right now, but I'm one of the best, flat out.