Ex-Jaguars employee pleads guilty to charges over team theft

[Bob Jones]

3 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

yes, the employee in charge of all this was a man named Amit Patel...

According to various sources, his position was "Manager, financial planning and analysis", so Im guessing there was definitely somebody higher than him in the organization, like a CFO or Controller. That person should definitely get canned for not being aware of what was going on. Talking with my wife, who has been in the business for 40 years, and is currently at a very high level as a Controller, she's amazed that no one inside the organization was aware.

[Captain_Quint]

13 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

If they had a annual audit those people have some splaining to do also.

They're all at a team building meeting in Bora Bora. 

[Just Jack]

Ex-Jaguars worker who stole $22M from team sues FanDuel, saying it preyed on his gambling addiction (yahoo.com)

 

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The lawsuit says that on several occasions when Patel had not yet placed a bet that day, his host called him to ask why not. These communications started early in the morning and went late into the night, the lawsuit asserts. It says New York-based FanDuel lavished gifts on Patel, including trips to the Super Bowl, the Masters golf tournament, auto racing and college basketball tournaments.

 

[Saxum]

9 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

Ex-Jaguars worker who stole $22M from team sues FanDuel, saying it preyed on his gambling addiction (yahoo.com)

 

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Amit Patel, who is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence in South Carolina, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in New York claiming that FanDuel ignored its own responsible gambling and anti-money laundering protocols, knew Patel was an employee of the NFL team and therefore not eligible to gamble legally, and knew that the $20 million he wagered on years of daily fantasy sports contests was either stolen or not from a legitimate source.

 

Interesting partner the NFL has.   I wonder how much does it apply to even people cleaning locker rooms emptying wastebaskets like leroi.

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And in February, a lawsuit brought by the same attorney who is representing Patel in the current one against FanDuel was dismissed after claiming Atlantic City casinos had a legal duty to cut off compulsive gamblers.

 

[H2o]

6 hours ago, Just Jack said:

Ex-Jaguars worker who stole $22M from team sues FanDuel, saying it preyed on his gambling addiction (yahoo.com)

 

The lawsuit says that on several occasions when Patel had not yet placed a bet that day, his host called him to ask why not. These communications started early in the morning and went late into the night, the lawsuit asserts. It says New York-based FanDuel lavished gifts on Patel, including trips to the Super Bowl, the Masters golf tournament, auto racing and college basketball tournaments.