Crime & Safety
Long Islander One Of Victims Of Fake Sports Card Scheme: Prosecutors
Mayo Gilbert McNeil, of Denver, is accused of making over $800,000 during a four-year period by selling counterfeit cards, the FBI said.
BROOKLYN, NY — A Long Islander fell victim to a fake Michael Jordan card.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged a Colorado man with selling and trading fake Michael Jordan basketball cards. Mayo Gilbert McNeil, 82, was arrested Wednesday at his Denver home.
The scheme dates to 2015, and includes the 2019 sale of a counterfeit card to someone in Manhasset for $4,500, The Associated Press reported.
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"Mr. McNeil defrauded sports memorabilia collectors of more than $800,000 by intentionally misrepresenting the authenticity of the trading cards he was peddling when, in fact, they were counterfeit," Michael Driscoll, assistant director-in-charge of the FBI’s New York field office, said in a statement.
Patch attempted to reach McNeil for comment. He told AP: "I did nothing wrong."
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He was released without bail after appearing at U.S. District Court in Colorado, and is expected in a Brooklyn courtroom at a later date.
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