Frau case: Ex-Suns ticket manger gets 1-year imprisonment

An ex- Phoenix Suns Friday’s sentence for ticket manager, who was charged with felony fraud in theft and illegally selling tickets to more than 2,800 team members through a third party between 2017 and 2019, was one year in county jail. Jeffrey Marcussen worked for the Suns from 2004 through 2019. He was indicted in … Read more

Marcus Dupree, Mississippi’s football star, denies wrongdoing in welfare scam case

9:33 AM ET John BarrESPN.com Close In June 2003, I joined ESPN Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative reporting News, investigative pieces, human interest and breaking news coverage. Marcus Dupree rose to prominence in Mississippi and beyond following a short but impressive football career. An ESPN documentary featured his story about … Read more

Abby Wambach intends to leave the drug company tied to the Brett Favre welfare scam case

Abby Wambach, a former American soccer star, stated to ESPN that she will completely get rid of the concussion drug manufacturer that is backed Brett Favre. It is also in the middle of a Mississippi welfare fraud investigation. Wambach is a World Cup winner, two-time gold medalist and is in the National Soccer Hall of … Read more

Scott V. Spina Jr. sentenced three years for Tom Brady Super Bowl ringfraud

SANTA ANA (Calif.) — A New Jersey man posed as a former employee New England Patriots player to sell and buy Super Bowl rings he claimed were gifts. Tom BradyMonday’s sentence was for the family of ‘Alison’ to three years in federal jail Scott V. Spina Jr. of Roseland, California was sentenced by an Orange … Read more

Terrence Williams, an ex-NBA player, pleads guilty to fraud

NEW YORK — Terrence Williams, a former NBA player, pleaded guilty in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme against the league’s health insurance plan to commit identity theft and health care fraud. Williams, age 35, entered his plea at Manhattan’s federal court on Friday. He will be sentenced in January. The maximum sentence for the conspiracy … Read more

Keyon Dooling (ex-VP of NBPA) was arrested as an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz in a fraud case

NEW YORK – Keyon Dooling (ex-Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association), is currently an assistant coach at the Utah JazzWednesday’s arrest of, added to the criminal case in which 18 ex-players were accused of illegally taking millions by defrauding the league’s welfare and health benefit plan. Dooling was indicted in a rewritten indictment. … Read more

New Jersey man pleads guilty at fraud charges in Tom Brady Super Bowl rings scheme

SANTA ANA (Calif.) — A New Jersey man pleaded guilty in fraud to posing as a New England Patriots player to purchase and sell Super Bowl rings he claimed to be gifts for Tom Brady’s family. Scott V. Spina Jr. (24 years old), of Roseland, pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud and mail … Read more