Steve Jensen pleads guilty

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Thanks for the update Richard.

So that's now 5 that have plead guilty to selling fake game-used jerseys. According to the link from that article, there are still 2 cases pending.

What I also gather from the referenced article is that these fake jerseys were sold to card companies who then chopped them up and were sold as premium insert cards. I wonder if any thing will become of recalling those worthless cards as a means of restitution?

And speaking of cards, the FBI has now taken on fake autographs with Operation Bullpen and now this Fake Jersey debacle. As a hobbyist who used to spend quite a bit on vintage cards, I wonder if Federal law enforcement will ever address the problem of doctored cards. I tried very hard to get the Postal Inspectors and FBI to get involved in this problem since its so rampant, but all I got were some vague excuses from the authorities in my area of the country. The major excuse was that the amount of money involved didn't warrant an investigation. But the reality is that these fake jerseys were sold for amounts of money that some doctored cards are sold for routinely. Very frustrating indeed.