Federal authorities announced charges against nine people for the thefts of millions of dollars worth of art and sports memorabilia, including nine of Yogi Berra's World Series rings.
Investigators believe some of the sports memorabilia had been melted down, including nine of Berra's 10 World Series rings, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam said at a news conference.
Phone messages were left Thursday for attorneys listed in court documents as representing those eight suspects.The indictments allege the thieves transported the memorabilia and valuables and would melt the gold items down into transportable discs that were sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars — but for way less than many of the items were worth.
Karam provided few details of how investigators from the FBI to local police departments cracked the case, saying only that evidence uncovered recently unraveled the ring's activities.
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