A New York City pawn shop owner has pleaded guilty for being involved in the buying and selling of high-end stolen goods taken from the home of Cincinnati Begals quarterback Joe Burrow during a burglary in December.
Burrow's home was burglarized while he was playing a game away from home last year against the Dallas Cowboys and as per the reports, thieves stole items worth about $300,000.
As per ESPN, Dimitriy Nezhinskiy, aged 43 has officially admitted in court that he was involved in a plan to receive stolen property.
He confessed to knowingly buying luxury goods such as expensive watches, jewellery and designer handbags.
Nezhinskiy, a legal resident in the US but originally from Georgia could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison.
Also he may have to repay $2.5 million and surrender more than $2.5 million in assists and faces possible deportation from the US.
FBI Assistant Director in Charge Christopher Raia said in a statement, “For more than five years, Dimitriy Nezhinskiy established a demand for stolen merchandise, which allowed South American Theft Groups to profit from repeated burglaries."
“His purchases perpetuated a ripple of criminality targeting residences and businesses across the country," it added.
Nezhinskiy plea follows that of 48-year-old Juan Villar, the co-manager of the same pawn shop who admitted to the same crime in June.
