JUAN: FOOTBALL FANS ARE EAGER TO
GET THEIR HANDS ON SUPER BOWL
GEAR.
THE NFL OF COMMON SECURITY
OFFICIALS ARE WARNING YOU ABOUT
FAKE MERCHANDISE.
KCAL 9'S KEVIN QUICK SHOWS US
SOME OF THE COUNTERFEIT ITEMS
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
CONFISCATED.
EVERYTHING HERE IS
COUNTERFEIT.
REPORTER: HOMELAND SECURITY
OFFICIALS UNVEILED A TROVE OF
FAKE NFL GEAR SEIZED IN THE
ATLANTA AREA AHEAD OF SUPER
BOWL LIII INCLUDING THIS NEW
ENGLAND PATRIOTS JERSEY.
THIS THING IS FALLING APART
BEFORE YOU WEAR.
WHAT ARE THE LAST YEAR
AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFISCATED
NEARLY 285,000 COUNTERFEIT ITEMS
WORTH MORE THAN $24 MILLION.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED DISCOUNT
ROLES, POP-UP SALES
VENDORS SELLING COUNTERFEIT
GOODS.
REPORTER: THE OPERATION RESULTED
IN MULTIPLE ARRESTS AND
INDICTMENTS FOR FAKE TICKET
TRAFFICKING.
ONE SUSPECTS NABBED THIS WEEK
WAS ALLEGEDLY ON HIS WAY TO
ATLANTA TO SELL FAKE TICKETS TO
THIS YOUR SUPER BOWL BOWL.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARRESTED THIS INDIVIDUAL WITH
THE MEANS AND PRINTER TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH A CONTINUED FRAUD.
REPORTER: 'S NFL SENIOR COUNSEL
MICHAEL BUCKWALD SHOWED UP THESE
REAL SUPER BOWL TICKETS WHICH
CONTAIN HEAT SENSITIVE INC. ON
THE BACK.
A LOT OF THESE COUNTERFEIT
TICKETS CAN BE VERY
SOPHISTICATED BUT NO MATTER HOW
REAL THE TICKETS MAY LOOK OF
FAKE TICKET WILL NOT GET INTO
THE GAME.
REPORT RESEARCHING FOLK ALL FANS
ONLY BUY TICKETS FROM A
