Joe Meli, already in prison after entering a guilty plea to a ticket resale Ponzi scheme in 2017, is facing new charges in New York that he participated in a similar scheme following his arrest. The SEC and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that... 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
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
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
Attorneys for former WFAN sports talk radio host Craig Carton are hoping to use the recent plea deal accepted by Joe Meli to get their client out from under charges he is facing in relation to his own alleged fraudulent ticket scheme. Meli pled guilty to one count of... Read more
Joe Meli, who faced several charges related to an alleged Ponzi scheme involving duping investors by telling them they could get in on purchase and resale of red-hot “Hamilton” tickets, has accepted a plea deal from the government, according to a piece in the Hollywood Reporter. Meli, a onetime... Read more
Extensive gambling debts drove WFAN sports talk radio personality Craig Carton – half of the popular “Boomer & Carton” program with former NFL QB Boomer Esiason – into a ticketing Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of millions, according to multiple reports. Deadspin, citing documents filed by the Securities and... Read more
