BigAl
September 7th, 2017, 9:00 AM
Not sure how many of you guys are in the NY area but one of the most popular sports talk radio shows in the area is "The Boomer and Carton Show." Carton was arrested Wednesday morning by the FBI for running a Ponzi scheme using concert tickets as the bait.
Turns out he was pretty successful at it, as he and his partner made $5.6 million off their investors. Turns out Carton was up to his neck in gambling debts, both at casinos and what is presumed to be illegal gambling. Last Christmas he paid off nearly a million bucks to casinos, and had another half million due next week. He also had $825K due ASAP to somebody else.
He faces 45 years in jail, so he'll probably get zero jail time, a few years probation, and a fine since he's a "celebrity."
The best part was that Boomer had no idea what happened at first, and was complaining on-air about Carton taking the day off yesterday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/craig-carton-boomer-carton-co-host-arrested-fbi-article-1.3473530
Turns out he was pretty successful at it, as he and his partner made $5.6 million off their investors. Turns out Carton was up to his neck in gambling debts, both at casinos and what is presumed to be illegal gambling. Last Christmas he paid off nearly a million bucks to casinos, and had another half million due next week. He also had $825K due ASAP to somebody else.
He faces 45 years in jail, so he'll probably get zero jail time, a few years probation, and a fine since he's a "celebrity."
The best part was that Boomer had no idea what happened at first, and was complaining on-air about Carton taking the day off yesterday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/craig-carton-boomer-carton-co-host-arrested-fbi-article-1.3473530