{"id":1511,"date":"2018-03-06T16:59:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2018-03-06T16:59:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:59:07","slug":"icons-ceo-instrumental-in-bringing-fraudsters-to-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2018\/03\/06\/icons-ceo-instrumental-in-bringing-fraudsters-to-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Icons CEO Instrumental In Bringing Fraudsters To Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"942\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/11\/18\/job-vacancy-financial-controller\/work-for-us-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Work-For-Us-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1101,537\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Work-For-Us\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Work-For-Us-1-300x146.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Work-For-Us-1-1024x499.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Work-For-Us-1-1024x499.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Work-For-Us-1-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Work-For-Us-1-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Work-For-Us-1-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Work-For-Us-1.png 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Icons Shop Limited CEO, Dan Jamieson, and former head of A1 Sporting Memorabilia, Terry Baker, played key roles in the jailing of David Rennie from FA Premier Signings for the sale of faked signatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one of three expert witnesses during the trial, Dan brought forth his expertise in the signatures of many of sport\u2019s biggest stars and his vast experience in the memorabilia industry. He described the lengths Icons goes to in order to acquire authentic signed memorabilia from the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele, Diego Maradona and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan also detailed the various ways Icons provides its customers with proof of the authenticity of a signed product. He explained that Icons strives to offer all available proof of an item being signed using photos and video, as well as key details such as when and where our signing sessions take place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In doing so, he helped prove that the people behind FA Premier Signings were faking signatures and misleading the thousands of sports fans who had bought items from their website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also key in bringing Rennie to justice was Terry Baker, the man from whom Icons Shop Limited acquired its sister brand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.a1sportingmemorabilia.co.uk\/\">A1 Sporting Memorabilia<\/a>, in 2015. Baker has worked closely with the Icons team for a number of years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Icons Shop Limited remains staunchly committed to the protection of the sports memorabilia industry from the litany of fakes and frauds that threaten to ruin the reputations of genuine memorabilia dealers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We continue to work with trading standards agencies and other memorabilia outlets in the fight against such fraudsters. We strongly advise our customers \u2013 and any sports fans wishing to buy genuine signed sports memorabilia \u2013 to be diligent in their assessment of memorabilia sold online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on how to avoid fakes and frauds, please see our previous blog post \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/04\/15\/how-to-buy-a-genuine-lionel-messi-signed-shirt\/\">How To Buy A Genuine Lionel Messi Signed Shirt<\/a>\u201d. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icons Shop Limited CEO, Dan Jamieson, and former head of A1 Sporting Memorabilia, Terry Baker, played key roles in the jailing of David Rennie from FA Premier Signings for the sale of faked signatures. As one of three expert witnesses during the trial, Dan brought forth his expertise in the signatures of many of sport\u2019s&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2018\/03\/06\/icons-ceo-instrumental-in-bringing-fraudsters-to-justice\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[335],"tags":[381,136],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-authenticity","tag-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfQcey-on","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1773,"url":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2018\/09\/20\/pioneering-blockchain-tech-in-the-fight-against-fakes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1511,"position":0},"title":"Press Release: We&#8217;re pioneering blockchain tech in the fight against fakes","author":"Icons.com","date":"September 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Market leader Icons worked with digital agency\u00a0Zone to launch blockchain application Revolutionary tech will enhance consumer trust by tracking the provenance of signed items App will also be used in the fight against fakes and frauds Leo Messi signed shirts among the first items to be \u2018b-locked' London, 18 September\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Icons-b-locked-Player-Montage-V2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Icons-b-locked-Player-Montage-V2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Icons-b-locked-Player-Montage-V2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Icons-b-locked-Player-Montage-V2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Icons-b-locked-Player-Montage-V2.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Icons-b-locked-Player-Montage-V2.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38,"url":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2015\/06\/15\/icons-becomes-worlds-largest-football-memorabilia-company\/","url_meta":{"origin":1511,"position":1},"title":"Icons Shop Limited Becomes The World&#8217;s Largest Football Memorabilia Company","author":"Icons.com","date":"June 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"ICONS BECOMES WORLD\u2019S LARGEST FOOTBALL MEMORABILIA COMPANY - Marka PJSC acquires a majority stake in Icons Shop Limited - Icons buys assets of A1 Sporting Memorabilia, to create world\u2019s largest football memorabilia company London \u2013 June 15, 2015 \u2013 Icons Shop Limited, the UK-based signed memorabilia company today announced that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"image (4)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":695,"url":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/04\/15\/how-to-buy-a-genuine-lionel-messi-signed-shirt\/","url_meta":{"origin":1511,"position":2},"title":"How to buy a genuine Lionel Messi signed shirt: A guide to avoiding fakes &#038; unofficial dealers","author":"Icons.com","date":"April 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When searching through Ebay and around the web for a Lionel Messi signed shirt you will be presented with a wide range of items and sellers. 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