During the investigation the FBI focused on Greg Marino who became an unbelievable autograph forger. I mean this guy was amazing. He faked sports stars and entertainment stars by the thousands.
He made a lot of money working with other scammers who even set up their own authentication company to give legitimacy to the autographs.
They sold tons of Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire during their home run race to beat the single season record set by Babe Ruth. Oh yeah, Marino even faked Babe Ruth autos. Tons of them too.
I'm sharing a video of the documentary "The Counterfeiter" which is a great watch. Enjoy the video.
I was amazed at how accurate these fakes were and the amount of items pictured at the end of the video that were seized by the FBI.
Kevin Nelson wrote a book about the scandal called "Operation Bullpen: The Inside Story of the Biggest Forgery Scam in American History".
Enjoy the hobby all...but be careful in it too.
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