| In Trading Card
Fraud Trial Fight Curcio Files
Email from MySlabs about Michael
Jordan Card
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 21 – Two men were charged
with trading card fraud in
2024. On January 14, 2026
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Ronnie Abrams, one
of them testified against the
other. Inner City Press was
there, and live tweeted, here:
Witness: I think
Anthony [Curcio] wanted
revenge on PSA. He was working
on a short movie. He also
thought we should make money
off youth
basketball
Witness: A card
buyer from NY called and
threatened me, mentioned my
ex-wife. Then a guy
called from Dallas, said he'd
fly and find me. Anthony told
me he resolved it with them.
On January 15,
after other witnesses, the
cooperator was back on the
stand, still on direct. He was
shown photos of his
co-defendant's Lego mansion,
and use of his name in
e-mails.
Behind the
scenes, the parties exchange
letters about the scope of
cross examination of the
cooperator, how much of
Curcio's history with and
feelings about PSA can get in.
Both letters on Patreon
here
On January 16,
Curcio's Simpson Thacher
lawyer was crossing examining
the cooperator, running into
objection when questions
turned to what Curcio said
about PSA.
In the run up to
closings, Curcio's white shoe
CJA lawyers filed an email
"From: David Steinberger Sent:
Monday, May 16, 2022 12:02 PM
To: Matt Greaney; Anthony
Curcio Subject: Re: 1986 Fleer
Michael Jordan PSA 10 issue Hi
Matt. Hi Anthony. Yes,
unfortunately, I can confirm
that the label is not
authentic. Someone from our
Customer Request Center will
reach out to you shortly to
discuss next steps. Dave."
More and court
art on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
More previously
on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is USA
v. Curcio, 1:24-cr-312
(Abrams)
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