A North Jersey man is facing charges for allegedly running a counterfeit sports merchandise operation out of his mother’s garage, authorities said.
Christopher Patire, 39, of Jersey City, is charged with second-degree counterfeiting offenses, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release on March 20.
Members of the agency’s financial crimes unit executed a search warrant on Home Place in Lodi on March 11, the release stated. Investigators said they recovered about 1,400 items featuring altered logos from professional sports leagues, with an estimated value of more than $62,000…