When the Signature Fades: The Real Cost of Forged Sports Memorabilia

Brett Lemieux wasn’t just another autograph dealer. He ran a global counterfeit operation that, over the course of a decade, quietly flooded the collector’s market with fake signatures—Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Wayne Gretzky—millions of them. According to recent reports, Lemieux confessed before his death to creating over 4 million forgeries with a resale […]