A former Miami Heat employee, identified as 62-year-old Marcos Thomas Perez, made his first appearance in federal court Tuesday after he was accused of stealing millions of dollars' worth of Miami heat memorabilia and selling it to online brokers,

Marcos Perez, appeared in federal court on a single count, which stems from allegations that he stole and sold millions of dollars' worth of Miami Heat memorabilia.

What started as the Heat warehousing team game-worn memorabilia on turned into the DOJ offering further details into a massive theft plot that robbed the franchise of some of its history.