Former Augusta Nat🐼ional G🐭olf Club warehouse coordinator Richard Brendan Globensky has been accused of transporting millions of dollars of stolen memorabilia related to The Masters.
Globensky, 39, allegedlᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy carried out the scheme from 2009-22, transporting the stolen merchandise to Florida for the purposes of resale.
He is set toꦍ plead guilty on May 15, according to court docum൩ents .
Globensky is accused of stealing “millions of dollars’ worth of Masters golf tournament merchandise and historical memorabilia” from Augusta National and is alleged to have transported the stolen goods to Tampa, “knowing the same had been stolen, converted and taken by fraud.”
The charging documents did not specify wܫhat memorabilia was stolen.
However, that one of the items Globensky allegedly stole was Arnold Palmer’s green jacket.
The report says that an Augusta member sought the help of a middleman known to be able to locate rare memorabilia to find the jacket, for the pu൩rposes of returning it to the famous golf club.
The jacket was eventually located and the buyer agreed to pur🔜chase it for $3.6 million last Marc🧸h.
When the transaction went down at the seller’s home, the FBI “swarmed” the scene and “interrogated” the seller, the report said.
The jacket was ultimately seized by the feds.
The 🌞Tribune cited real estate records as showing that Globensky and his wife sold their expansive home in Evans, Ga. for $2 million last year.
The home contains six bedrooms, is 7,300-square-foot and includes an in-ground pool an♋d an outdo꧃or putting green.
He currently works as a mortgage broker.
Augusta National is fiercely protective of its memorabilia, and the green jackets are never supposed to leave the club’s grounds.
In 2017, Augusta National filed a lawsuit against a Florida company seeking to stop the sale of the green jackets of one former ch♍ampion and two members of the club, .