Former Nike employee charged in sneaker-selling conspiracy arraigned

A former Nike employee who is accused of conspiring to steal and sell sample Nike sneakers pleaded not guilty Monday afternoon in federal court. Yamaguchi, who is free pending trial, is also charged with interstate transfer of stol nike blazer mid womens.n goods. Yamaguchi worked until January 2012 as a promotional merchandise manager in the basketball division from July 2006 at Nike. In the indictment, prosecutors allege that during his tenure, Yamaguchi took numerous pairs for his own collection. Others were shoes many ordered for himself from Nike's factories in China, and he were fac nike blazer mid pink.ory samples accessible to Nike employees for personal use, the indictment says. Yamaguchi left to start his own sunglasses business, Look/See, which featured eyewear layouts, the indictment states. A Florida man who purportedly sold the uncommon sneakers to collectors, and the man who succeeded him, Tung Wing Ho, Jason Michael Keating, are additionally charged in the scheme. They're scheduled to be arraigned later this week. Prosecutors assert Keating paid Yamaguchi $679,650 for about 630 pairs of Ho and shoes Yamaguchi purportedly stole from Nike between September 2012. The criminal charges come after a civil charge was filed by Nike in federal court against mens nike blazers.he three men and two other defendants for the alleged thefts in April.