Florida man bought, resold limited-edition sneakers stolen from Nike, court documents say

[tr1ll]

therese on ly one 3s and that the aj3s, gues you made a mistake

ZK3's, chief. check again

 

I don't see any -_-

if you don't see them, you're looking for the wrong 3's.

therese on ly one 3s and that the aj3s, gues you made a mistake

You guys are missing the point. If you say "the/these/thoes 3s", anybody over the age of 19 is going to be looking for some AJ3s.

On top of that, Kobe's have a niche market mean everybody isn't checking(read: caring) for Kobe's and the shoe is barely in the pic. Lastly, the ice bottom AJ3s would've been wayy more worthy. Ijs

 

[ddh1122]

Ah, okay. Thanks for the clarification.

No prob. I'm interested in who this dude is as well but can't really find nothing on him lol

 

[rustlenomics]

smart dudes, not everyone is built for that hustler life.

that tomagotchi dude is a weenie.

they will have a nice stay in club fed though, place is a resort, real talk.

 

[zyr12]

that ish cray

 

[memphisboi55]

You guys are missing the point. If you say "the/these/thoes 3s", anybody over the age of 19 is going to be looking for some AJ3s.

On top of that, Kobe's have a niche market mean everybody isn't checking(read: caring) for Kobe's and the shoe is barely in the pic. Lastly, the ice bottom AJ3s would've been wayy more worthy. Ijs

Or we all just looked at the pic and saw the only "III" model of a shoe was the Kobes..

 

[tr1ll]

You guys are missing the point. If you say "the/these/thoes 3s", anybody over the age of 19 is going to be looking for some AJ3s.

On top of that, Kobe's have a niche market mean everybody isn't checking(read: caring) for Kobe's and the shoe is barely in the pic. Lastly, the ice bottom AJ3s would've been wayy more worthy. Ijs

Or we all just looked at the pic and saw the only "III" model of a shoe was the Kobes..

First of all "all of us" of clearly didn't and it highly doubt(hope) mods come into threads and read all the posts.

All after the fact....

 

[digitaljordan]

UPDATE

A Florida man accused in the resale of limited-edition sneakers allegedly stolen from Nike headquarters has been released from federal custody, ordered to stay away from persons of interest in the case and not be involved in shoe sales.

Jason M. Keating, 35, of Sanibel, Fla., was released Thursday on several other conditions and is scheduled to be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Portland on May 15, court records show.

Washington County and federal investigators say Keating was a frequent buyer of Nike Look See sneakers, which are limited-edition shoes or prototypes that are often not mass-produced and are of high value to sneaker collectors. Keating would then resell the footwear to small businesses in Oregon, California, Florida, New York and New Jersey, court documents say.


Keating allegedly paid a source used by a Washington County detective and federal agent $20,000 for a pending shipment of Look See sneakers during a meeting in Portland last month, court documents said. He was arrested in Portland on Wednesday and is accused of receipt of stolen property.


Gerald “Jerry” Needham, Keating's court-appointed attorney, said his client plans to plead not guilty next month.

"It's apparent from reading the criminal complaint that Nike clearly has a problem with some of it's employees stealing sneakers," he said Friday. "Whether or not Mr. Keating has purchased stolen property is a question for a jury on a later date. He has nothing in his background to indicate he has any type of history of conduct like this."

Keating declined comment when contacted by The Oregonian on Friday.

A search of Nike Look See sneakers on eBay Friday turned up a pair of Nike Air Jordan retro 6 for $900, Nike Air Garnett 1 sneakers for $1,100 and Nike LeBron 9 shoes at $20,000 among the results.

Nike security officials contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office in February about the sneaker thefts and identified product manager Tung W. Ho, 35, of Portland, and former employee Kyle K. Yamaguchi, 33, of Portland, as being involved.

Greg Fowler, Nike's director of investigations, presented evidence that included photo and video surveillance of Ho stealing sneakers between November 2013 and February 2014, video of Ho unloading large boxes believed to have the sneakers inside at a Portland self-storage facility, emails from Ho and Yamaguchi to several people not Nike employees and other evidence.

Ho and Yamaguchi have not been arrested, but the U.S. Attorney's office said the case remains under investigation. Greg Rossiter, a Nike spokesman, said Friday that Ho is no longer a Nike employee.

Nike hired Fowler last fall after a 25-year career with the FBI. He retired as Oregon's top FBI official, a position he held from the summer of 2011.

Ho and Yamaguchi did not immediately return messages from The Oregonian Friday.

Yamaguchi's father said he spoke to his son Thursday night and it was apparent that he was troubled by the allegations.

"He was just broken up about all that's transpired," said Lester Yamaguchi from his home in Texas on Friday. "But if he's done wrong, we can't help that."

The father said the federal investigation involving his son has the family nervous.

"It's something we're very concerned about and we're very concerned about Kyle," he said. "Hopefully everything turns out all right for him."

Ho reportedly told investigators that he sold several hundred Look See sneakers by ordering them from a Nike factory in China, having them shipped to him, to either sell them on eBay or to Yamaguchi, who would then resell them to a buyer, court documents said. Yamaguchi told investigators he would sell the sneakers to buyers for 20 percent of the total profit and that Keating was his largest buyer.

Ho said he made $15,000 selling the sneakers on eBay and Yamaguchi said Keating would buy the sneakers for $5,000 to $30,000 or more. During an eight-month period between 2012 and 2013, a Chase Bank investigator found transfers and deposits of more than $221,000 between Keating's account and Yamaguchi's accounts. Yamaguchi wrote a total of $104,000 in checks to Ho over a four-month period between 2012 and 2013.

Sgt. Bob Ray, a Washington County Sheriff's spokesman, said Friday that this was the only large-scale theft of Nike products from the apparel giant that he remembers his agency investigating. He declined to discuss specifics of the case, citing the ongoing investigation, but described it as an "extremely unique case."

"In general, with any large company, the likelihood for someone to slip through the cracks and steal from the company does unfortunately go up because of the number of employees you have," Ray said. "We always encourage these companies to contact us so we can use the tools we have to hold the person responsible for what they've done, but also to help the company keep their product safe in the future."

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

 

[ksteezy]

Florida man Is the worst superhero ever.

Such a good underrated post in this thread

 

[bhergh]

Florida manView media item 925781

 

[calikev34]

"Randy Bobandy
Anyone that pays more than 60 bucks for a pair of sneakers should have their kneecaps removed with a hammer.
9 hours ago
12 people"

 

[Mamba4life]

Interesting that they would choose to go after ONE of the purchasers of these products and not the guys who actually worked for them. I guarantee he will argue that he thought his purchases were legitimate. "The guy worked for NIke and was able to order whatever I wanted in any amount. How was I supposed to know he was boosting?"

 

[memphisboi55]

First of all "all of us" of clearly didn't and it highly doubt(hope) mods come into threads and read all the posts.

All after the fact....

I have a headache now after reading that first sentence.

Whatever you say.

 

[jaysrcrak]

Hell people use to always jump that train that used to carry nikes. Then they started catching on and arming bodyguards to watch it...

I went to Kingsbury and our whole varsity Bball teams had some Jordans on that was stolen. Cops came and made all remove they shoes lol

You were on that team that had the Red and white XII a week or two before they came out and the cops came and confiscated the whole team's shoes.
That is a Memphis legend. The only pair of shoes I got off of the train early was those White/Grey XVs.

Walked up in Overton HS with those a week early. Of course you know back then that was a big deal.
I thought I was the ****.

 

[nyrican23]

Can't even knock dudes hustle if I was able to order PE/samples whenever. Dude was makin bank

 

[vrai1]

You guys are missing the point. If you say "the/these/thoes 3s", anybody over the age of 19 is going to be looking for some AJ3s.

On top of that, Kobe's have a niche market mean everybody isn't checking(read: caring) for Kobe's and the shoe is barely in the pic.

Or we all just looked at the pic and saw the only "III" model of a shoe was the Kobes..

basically.

but oh, don't forget "the shoe is barely in the pic" excuse

 

[digitaljordan]

I highly recommend reading the police report on this. It's a great look at how Nike knows all and even touches on how they see everything on blogs, websites and social media.

 

[rell826]

Link? It's not in the Smoking Gun article.

 

[al audi]

I highly recommend reading the police report on this. It's a great look at how Nike knows all and even touches on how they see everything on blogs, websites and social media.

Ok? So post it.....duh

 

[digitaljordan]

Link? It's not in the Smoking Gun article.

Left side of the page on The Smoking Gun

 

[frijo sneaker]

Police: Florida man purchased shoes stolen from Nike campus, sold them for thousands

Posted: Apr 18, 2014 2:31 PM PDT
Updated: Apr 18, 2014 7:12 PM PDT
By Ian Forrest - email
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -
An investigation into two Nike employees accused of selling rare Nike shoes for their own financial gain led to a Florida man's arrest this week.

A Washington County Sheriff's Office detective's affidavit said a current Nike employee and a former Nike employee were the targets of an internal Nike investigation performed by Nike's Director of Security and his staff, as well as a state-licensed private investigative firm.

The affidavit said Nike staff had evidence the current employee had limited pre-production runs of Nike shoes produced so he could steal them from Nike's campus and then transfer them to a third party for selling.

It wasn't immediately clear whether the employee, a promo product manager at Nike since 2012, still works at the Oregon-based company, but at one point he had the authority to place orders for sample shoes known as "Look See" shoes, the affidavit said. It's common for the Look See shoes to never go into production and, as a result, they're extremely rare and highly sought after by sneaker collectors willing to shell out thousands of dollars for a single pair of shoes.

Court documents said Nike shared several pieces of evidence with sheriff's office detectives: still photos and surveillance video of the employee taken at Nike's World Headquarters campus, email correspondence between the current and former Nike employees on Nike's corporate email system and records of several Look See shoes ordered by the pair.

The investigation led sheriff's detectives to serve a search warrant at the current employee's Portland home on March 14. During the course of the search, detectives seized 1,941 pairs of Nike shoes, plus a large sum of cash.

The court affidavit then described an interview between the detective and the employee, who admitted to stealing hundreds of Look See shoes, detectives said.

"(The employee) admitted that he had stolen several hundred pairs of Nike Look See shoes and sold them in two different ways. (He) said that he personally had used EBay to sell shoes on a small scale, earning approximately $15,000," the affidavit said. "(He) told me the other way he sold Nike Look See shoes was by using a middle man."

That middle man was the former Nike employee, and detectives said the largest purchaser of the employees' Look See shoes was a Florida man named John Keating. When Keating visited Portland in March, detectives and the Secret Service had a confidential source who arranged to meet with him.

The detective said Keating paid more than $20,000 to the confidential source for a pending order of Nike Look See shoes.

Based on the meeting and the investigation by the sheriff's office, a warrant was issued for Keating's arrest on a charge of receipt of stolen goods.

FOX 12 is not naming the current and former Nike employees because they have not been arrested. Nike is not commenting on Keating's arrest, but a spokesman said company leaders are "aware of the investigation and are cooperating fully with law enforcement authorities."

Keating made his first appearance in federal court Thursday and the judge granted him pretrial release.

Copyright 2014 KPTV-KPDX Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved.



Detectives and Secret Service agents arranged a meeting between John Keating and a confidential source, who was offered $20,000 in exchange for Nike "Look See" shoes.

http://www.kptv.com/story/25285984/...olen-from-nike-campus-sold-them-for-thousands

 

[frankmatthews]

Interesting that they would choose to go after ONE of the purchasers of these products and not the guys who actually worked for them. I guarantee he will argue that he thought his purchases were legitimate. "The guy worked for NIke and was able to order whatever I wanted in any amount. How was I supposed to know he was boosting?"

thing is, either way its stolen and they are gonna start repossessing. Hes ruined and will be lucky to avoid jailtime

 

[delete1234]

**** nike

Wanna make money off Ns but don't want Ns to make money

 

[Champagne_Taste]

Wow ! I blame nike though how can you let someone just order what ever they want? Things are going to be getting tight and hopefully nike goes after more of them.

 

[just4kicks212]

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[zapatohead408]

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