An ex-employee of Augusta is set to plead guilty to charges of stealing and transporting millions of dollars’ worth of merchandise.
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ThechargeswerefiledonTuesday,alittleoveraweekafterScottieSchefflerwonthe88theditionoftheMasters.(APPhoto/DaveMartin,File)AformeremployeeofAugustaNationalGolfClubinGeorgiaissettopleadguiltyinfederalcourttochargesofstealingandtransportingmillionsofdollars’worthofmerchandiseandmemorabiliafromtheMasterstournament.
RichardGlobenskyisaccusedoftransportingstolengoodsacrossstatelinestoTampa,Floridabetween2009and2022“knowingthesamehadbeenstolen,convertedandtakenbyfraud,”accordingtoadocumentfiledTuesdayintheU.S.DistrictCourtfortheNorthernDistrictofIllinois.
AccordingtoTheChicagoTribune,GlobenskyisaformerwarehousecoordinatoratAugustaNationalwhowasinchargeofoverseeingthevastarrayofMastersmerchandiseandmemorabiliasoldannually.
RecordsshowGlobenskycurrentlyworksasamortgagebroker.Inanonlinebioforhisfinancecompany,Globensky,using“Brendan”ashisfirstname,saidh
