Two baseball memorabilia dealers said they are...
Two baseball memorabilia dealers said they are being questioned by Internal Revenue Service and FBI agents as part of a federal grand jury inquiry to determine whether Pete Rose evaded income taxes.
Baseball’s investigation into Rose concluded this year that Charles Sotto had arranged for more than $32,000 in payments to Rose for signing autographs at memorabilia shows.
“The IRS did talk to me,†Sotto told the Cincinnati Post. “They wanted to know how much business I had done with Pete.â€
Chuck Perkins, a memorabilia dealer who lives in Florence, Ky., said the FBI wanted to see a $5,000 check he had given Rose for a baseball card show in 1987 in Nashville, Tenn.
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