Former WFAN sports talk show personality Craig Carton was sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison on Friday for his role in a ticketing Ponzi scheme. Carton, who served as the co-host of the popular “Boomer and Carton” show alongside former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason, was found guilty of... Read more
A strip club manager was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in the ticket-resale Ponzi scheme with former sports-talk radio host Craig Carton. Manhattan federal judge Colleen McMahon served the manager, Michael Wright, with his sentence last week. Wright, 42, of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey,... Read more
Update: as of March 4, 2019, a federal court judge rescheduled Carton’s hearing until April 5 to give his attorney additional time to review the report, according to a court filing. ‘Craig Carton’s attorney is seeking a sentencing delay as they await a psychological report that is “essential” to... Read more
A former Iowa-based sports radio host has been indicted on federal charges after allegedly scamming multiple investors out of $1.5 million in a ticket resale scheme. According to the Des Moines Register, Marty Tirrell, 59, faces six federal fraud charges for allegedly stealing over $1 million from at least... Read more
Wife of Ticket Scammer Ordered To Pay $4 Million In Investor Funds
Legal November 12, 2018
The wife of concert promoter Joseph Meli, who was just sentenced to prison for participating in a multi million-dollar Ponzi ticket scheme, now owes over $4 million in investor funds. Joseph was sentenced to 78 months in prison earlier this year after pleading guilty for for his involvement in... Read more
Craig Carton was found guilty of all charges in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, after less than a day of deliberation by members of the jury. The counts – which included securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit fraud – could land the former sports talk radio... Read more
During the ticket fraud trial for former sports-talk-radio celebrity Craig Carton, two top Barclays Center executives and a Rockland County loan shark testified and shared incriminating information. Carton, who hosted a radio show with former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason, was charged with fraud in New York last year. He... Read more
Michael Wright, Craig Carton’s co-defendant in an alleged multi-million dollar ticket Ponzi scheme, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for his role in the operation last week. The strip club executive faces up to 20 years in prison for the charge, according to a release from the... Read more
Craig Carton, the former WFAN radio host charged with operating a ticketing Ponzi scheme, says that his business was a real one and that documents from the operators of the Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum will prove it. Carton, who resigned from his duties as co-host of the “Boomer... Read more
Joseph Meli has been sentenced by a federal court in Manhattan to over six years in prison in connection with a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme involving tickets to popular concerts and Broadway shows including Hamilton. The sentence followed Meli’s guilty plea to charges of securities fraud in the fall... Read more
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