{"id":437429,"date":"2026-01-29T19:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437429\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:38:12","slug":"man-accused-in-phony-rolex-frauds-across-u-s-facing-charges-in-surfside-case-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437429\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused in phony Rolex frauds across U.S. facing charges in Surfside case \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Illinois man accused of phony luxury watch frauds across the United States is facing charges in connection with the sale of a fake Rolex in Surfside, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Milke, 28, who an arrest report said is from the Chicago area, is charged with grand theft and organized scheme to defraud, Miami-Dade jail records showed.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/012926-Michael-Milke.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Michael Milke\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tMiami-Dade CorrectionsMiami-Dade Corrections<\/p>\n<p>Michael Milke<\/p>\n<p>According to an arrest warrant, the local fraud case happened at Gray &amp; Sons Jewelers in Surfside on Jan. 2, 2025, when Milke sold the store a Rolex GMT-Master II watch for $11,000.<\/p>\n<p>The watch was later found to be counterfeit, the warrant said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators learned Milke was linked to several cases throughout the U.S. involving fake Rolex watches, the warrant said. They include:<\/p>\n<p>A December 2024 case in Waterford Township, Michigan<\/p>\n<p>A December 2024 case in Anne Arundel County, Maryland<\/p>\n<p>A January 2025 case in St. Petersburg, Florida<\/p>\n<p>A February 2025 case in Harris County, Texas<\/p>\n<p>A February 2025 case in White House, Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>A February 2025 case in Franklin, Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>Milke had been arrested in Springfield, Tennessee, but after the arrest warrant was issued for the Surfside case he was booked into the Miami-Dade jail on Wednesday, records showed.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared before Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said he&#8217;s a known fraudster who sells counterfeit watches,&#8221; Glazer said while reading the arrest report.<\/p>\n<p>Glazer set his bond at $30,000 and ordered him to stay away from Gray &amp; Sons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Illinois man accused of phony luxury watch frauds across the United States is facing charges in connection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,31040,3,206651,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-437429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-miami-dade-county","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-surfside","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}