Nike Shoe Heist Ring Indicted | Los Angeles News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Los Angeles News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Twelve sneakerheads, including Coolkicks co-owner Bereket Abraham and reseller Jorge Cuellar, are facing federal charges after allegedly orchestrating a three-year, $2 million Nike shoe heist in Memphis. They’re accused of working with Roy Lee Harvey Jr. to print fake UPS labels using Coolkicks’ equipment, then paying him nearly a million dollars to ship stolen kicks—later resold online and through their own stores. Harvey, Abraham, and Cuellar were arrested in June and are now facing up to 15 years in prison for conspiracy and interstate theft. The case exposes the dark underbelly of the sneaker resale scene. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/84498a1f6ec0d573