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Bronx Man Caught with Over $100K in Fake Super Bowl Tickets: Authorities

By Ben Fractenberg | January 30, 2014 7:55pm
 Police arrested Kevin Walker, 42, after allegedly finding counterfeit Super Bowl tickets in his Bronx apartment Thursday.
Police arrested Kevin Walker, 42, after allegedly finding counterfeit Super Bowl tickets in his Bronx apartment Thursday.
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THE BRONX — A Soundview man's "dream crushing" counterfeit Super Bowl ticket operation was shut down Thursday, Bronx prosecutors said.

Police arrested Kevin Walker, 42, after finding 124 fake tickets worth $113,900 in his Croes Avenue apartment and in a van owned by his housemate, according to the Bronx District Attorney's Office.

“The sale of these tickets would have potentially deprived fans of their hard earned dollars and crushed the dreams of young and old expecting to attend the much anticipated annual climax to the football season," Bronx DA Robert Johnson said in a statement.

Investigators working with the National Football League saw Walker leaving his apartment Wednesday about 6:30 p.m. with a shoebox, which he placed in a van parked outside.

Bronx prosecutors did not say why they zeroed in on Walker.

Police got a warrant to enter the apartment he was sharing with a woman and found the tickets, holographic paper, gold leaf paper, laminate glue, two packages of 4-by-6 photo paper, a cutter and hot press, according to the DA's Office.

Two other men were arrested Monday for allegedly selling counterfeit tickets, parking passes and Super Bowl events around the city.

Walker was charged with grand larceny trademark counterfeiting and was expected to be arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court Thursday night. He is facing up to 15 years in prison.

There was no immediate information about his lawyer.