Overview

• Los Angeles police from the Commercial Crimes/Bunco-Forgery unit executed a search at a CoolKicks Santa Monica warehouse on Oct. 2 during a WhatNot auction stream.
• Owner Adeel Shams was booked on a felony count of receiving known stolen property valued over $950 and later released, with a court date set for Oct. 23.
• Authorities detained four people and seized dozens of Nike sneakers that remain impounded as the investigation continues.
• Footage from the livestream shows Shams asking if the incident was a swatting prank as officers entered before the stream ended.
• CoolKicks said the impounded pairs were purchased within 48 hours in good faith and stated police have made no allegations of counterfeit goods.