Nike sneaker suit defendants ask for delay until criminal charges resolved

Five people being sued by Nike in connection with an alleged scheme to sell stolen business footwear have asked a federal judge to suspend the lawsuit proceedings until the criminal case is resolved. Nike alleges Ho, 36, of Portland, and Kyle Yamaguchi, 33, of Portland, used their positions as merchandise managers to steal numerous pairs of promotional and sample Nike sneakers and sell them. Keating, 35, of Fort Myers, Fla., is accused of being one of their biggest buyers and Yee, a former Nike demand planning analyst, and Shu-Chu Yamaguchi, Kyle's 34-year-old wife, are accused of being mindful of the plot and assisting in the footwear larcenies, according to Nike. Kyle Yamaguchi worked as a Nike promotional merchandise manager between 2006 and 2012, and then Ho replaced him until the company fired him in March in connection with the alleged sneaker thefts. Yee, 32, of Portland, was also fired from Nike in Ma cheap nike air max 95.ch after six years with the business. Prosecuto nike air max black.s maintain Keating paid Yamaguchi $679,650 for about 630 pairs of shoes and Yamaguchi and Ho allegedly began working jointly to steal from Nike between September 2012 to March 2014. Promotional and sample products contain things normally made for an athlete, team, star or other influential people and in a few cases never become retail products. National researchers say individual pairs of the rare Nike sneakers could be sold for prices ranging from $1,000 to more than $20,000 among shoe collectors.