July 20, 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a New York federal judge Friday to sanction the CEO of a sports memorabilia auction company and his wife for violating a temporary restraining order in a multimillion-dollar fraud suit, saying the couple covertly transferred cash from the U.S. to Russia, perpetrated two insurance fraud schemes and destroyed communications at the center of the schemes.
June 22, 2020
A purported sports memorabilia auction company and its owner are urging a Manhattan federal court to resolve investors' intervening allegations about prized Jackie Robinson documents before getting to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud claims against the company.
March 13, 2020
A New York federal judge on Friday agreed to allow an upcoming courtroom conference in a memorabilia fraud suit to occur via telephone instead, after several attorneys in the case noted their ties to Italy, which is dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19.
December 09, 2019
Embattled memorabilia seller Collectors Café and the family that ran it have been hit with a temporary asset freeze and told not to interfere with potential witnesses while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sues them for allegedly perpetuating a multimillion fraud.
November 19, 2019
The Los Angeles Dodgers said it just transferred its purported interest in two iconic player contracts signed by Jackie Robinson to the Jackie Robinson Foundation amid an ongoing legal dispute over the contracts' ownership.
November 04, 2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission added a claim of whistleblower protection violations to its suit accusing an online auction portal and its owner of stealing $6 million of his investors' funds, according to an amended complaint filed in New York federal court on Monday.
October 16, 2019
Counsel for the Los Angeles Dodgers told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that the team will join a fight over who owns two iconic player contracts worth as much as $10 million signed by Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947.