A former Miami Heat employee, identified as 62-year-old Marcos Thomas Perez, made his first appearance in federal court Tuesday after he was accused of stealing millions of dollars' worth of Miami heat memorabilia and selling it to online brokers,

A former Miami Heat security officer accused of selling stolen jerseys and other memorabilia worth millions of dollars made his initial appearance in federal court on Tuesday.

A former Miami Heat security worker has been charged in a massive memorabilia theft that involved millions of dollars’ worth of game-used jerseys and other items, authorities said.