Santiago Sports Sued Over Stolen Brady Rookie
Santiago Sports and owner Tyler Santiago are being sued in New Jersey over a stolen Tom Brady rookie card.
The story was first surfaced by @Auburn35 on Twitter, who is featured on Sports Card Radio’s Hobby Influencer Rankings.
Plaintiff Riccardo Dipilla filed the civil complaint in Monmouth County Superior Court. The suit seeks roughly $26,500 in damages.
According to the filing, Santiago “knowingly received stolen goods” on or about October 25, 2025 — seven sports cards in total. Six were recovered. The seventh, a 2000 Bowman Chrome #236 Tom Brady Rookie graded PSA 10, was sold before it could be.
Dipilla pegs the market value at $26,500, citing a comparable PSA 10 Brady rookie that sold on eBay at that price. “A person cannot legally transfer title to knowingly stolen goods, and Defendants knew the Card was stolen when they sold it,” the complaint reads.
The $26,500 figure may be high. Recent sales of the 2000 Bowman Chrome Tom Brady #236 PSA 10 have all closed under $20,000: $15,600 at a Fanatics Weekly auction on April 5, $16,000 on eBay on March 30, $17,490 at Alt on March 26, and $16,000 on eBay on March 26.
This is not the first time Santiago Sports has been tied to stolen inventory. In January 2024, Tyler Santiago posted 25 cards on Instagram that turned out to be stolen Panini redemptions, including Kyle Kuzma and Lonzo Ball autographs. Santiago said at the time that “Panini reached out to me and said they were stolen.” No criminal charges were reported in that matter.
Santiago Sports has not publicly responded to the lawsuit. SCR will update this story as the case moves.
The allegations in the complaint are unproven.
