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Emily Woods

Ex-AFL agent guilty of selling fake footy memorabilia

Ricky Nixon has been fined for selling footballs with fake signatures of players to fans. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

A former AFL player agent has been found guilty of selling fraudulently signed footballs to fans after premiership players gave evidence against him in court.

Ricky Nixon, 62, paid about $18,000 cash for more than 40 footballs purporting to be signed by Melbourne's 2021 premiership side from a man with a truck inside a car park, Melbourne Magistrates Court was told. 

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