Craig Carton of WFAN gets arrested in $5.6 Million dollar ticket fraud scheme

[lotteryplaya]

Craig Carton reacts to the ‘endless stream of vitriol’ since his arrest

Craig Carton has broken his silence about his FBI arrest and what he's seen written and said about him since then.

Here's his statement:

"I want to thank my family, friends and fans and especially Boomer for the outpouring of public and private support I've received over the past few days. As you can imagine, it's been incredibly hard to be silent while there is an endless stream of vitriol being hurled my way, but I'm confident that when the facts come out, you'll see that I am not guilty of these charges. My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I'll be back, stronger than ever. Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life."



Boomer, of course, is his WFAN co-host Boomer Esiason, who said on the air "I love my partner" during his show and "I'm pulling for him and privately I'll try to help him the best I can" while speaking to Toucher & Rich.

 

[The War Report]

Craig Carton reacts to the ‘endless stream of vitriol’ since his arrest

Craig Carton has broken his silence about his FBI arrest and what he's seen written and said about him since then.

Here's his statement:

"I want to thank my family, friends and fans and especially Boomer for the outpouring of public and private support I've received over the past few days. As you can imagine, it's been incredibly hard to be silent while there is an endless stream of vitriol being hurled my way, but I'm confident that when the facts come out, you'll see that I am not guilty of these charges. My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I'll be back, stronger than ever. Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life."



Boomer, of course, is his WFAN co-host Boomer Esiason, who said on the air "I love my partner" during his show and "I'm pulling for him and privately I'll try to help him the best I can" while speaking to Toucher & Rich.

:yeaok:

 

[Remote]

Craig Carton reacts to the ‘endless stream of vitriol’ since his arrest

Craig Carton has broken his silence about his FBI arrest and what he's seen written and said about him since then.

Here's his statement:

"I want to thank my family, friends and fans and especially Boomer for the outpouring of public and private support I've received over the past few days. As you can imagine, it's been incredibly hard to be silent while there is an endless stream of vitriol being hurled my way, but I'm confident that when the facts come out, you'll see that I am not guilty of these charges. My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I'll be back, stronger than ever. Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life."



Boomer, of course, is his WFAN co-host Boomer Esiason, who said on the air "I love my partner" during his show and "I'm pulling for him and privately I'll try to help him the best I can" while speaking to Toucher & Rich.

fukk him and Boomer.
Boomer is a racist POS who talked shyt about Kaep and Carton is just the sports version of Bernie Madoff.

Hope they both get hit by a bus.

 

[Captain Crunch]

fukk him and Boomer.
Boomer is a racist POS who talked shyt about Kaep and Carton is just the sports version of Bernie Madoff.

Hope they both get hit by a bus.

Boomer Esiason 'disgusted' by Colin Kaepernick, calls QB a 'disgrace'

Yeah fukk both of them

 

[lotteryplaya]

fukk him and Boomer.
Boomer is a racist POS who talked shyt about Kaep and Carton is just the sports version of Bernie Madoff.

Hope they both get hit by a bus.

How the hell does he play victim with all the facts that are out there now? Just shut the hell up and wait for all this to end. His ego has him talking like doing damage control means he will have a sports entertainment career after all this. Dude may not see another day of freedom when this is done.

 

[NYC Rebel]

 

[Stick Up Kid]

I don't even want to open this tweet to see the replies back to him so I'm just gonna salute this and keep it moving.

he's actually getting praised

 

[Rev]

Craig Carton reacts to the ‘endless stream of vitriol’ since his arrest

Craig Carton has broken his silence about his FBI arrest and what he's seen written and said about him since then.

Here's his statement:

"I want to thank my family, friends and fans and especially Boomer for the outpouring of public and private support I've received over the past few days. As you can imagine, it's been incredibly hard to be silent while there is an endless stream of vitriol being hurled my way, but I'm confident that when the facts come out, you'll see that I am not guilty of these charges. My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I'll be back, stronger than ever. Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life."

he's a degenerate gambler, an addict and a thief, which = a liar. shyt, i hope we see even more facts, proving that the FBI didn't get the shyt wrong...unless Carton snitches his ass off. his lawyer made him write this to make him look like the victim.

being the attention whore he is, when he gets out of jail in a few years, he'll desperately need the money...so he'll get whatever radio/book deals he can find, and whore himself out making this his true claim to fame.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

he's a degenerate gambler, an addict and a thief, which = a liar. shyt, i hope we see even more facts, proving that the FBI didn't get the shyt wrong...unless Carton snitches his ass off. his lawyer made him write this to make him look like the victim.

being the attention whore he is, when he gets out of jail in a few years, he'll desperately need the money...so he'll get whatever radio/book deals he can find, and whore himself out making this his true claim to fame.

Few years? He's looking at 10+ in the Feds

 

[K-Apps]

http://nypost.com/2017/09/12/craig-carton-duped-barclays-center-ops-in-ponzi-scheme-feds-say/

WFAN morning radio host Craig Carton allegedly duped the operator of Barclays Center in Brooklyn into wiring him $2 million that was stolen from a prominent hedge fund, according to federal authorities.

Carton — who was arrested last Wednesday on charges that he orchestrated a $5.6 million Ponzi scheme to pay off his personal gambling debts — used his connections with venue operator Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment for the fraudulent wire transfer, according to a complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Last Thursday, The Post reported that Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, or BSE, which also runs Nassau Coliseum, was likely part of the probe, but officials didn’t respond to requests for comment at the time.

On Tuesday, BSE said it is cooperating with the SEC’s investigation, and “can’t comment any further at this time.”

According to the SEC’s complaint, first reported late Monday by Billboard magazine, Carton tricked hedge fund Brigade Capital Management into paying $2 million for Metallica and Barbra Streisand tickets and wiring the money to an account controlled by BSE.

The co-host of the “Boomer and Carton” show with ex-Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason then allegedly told arena officials the transfer had accidentally been sent to the wrong account and convinced them to wire the money to another ticket brokerage he controlled, called Tier One Tickets.

The $2 million “was not used to purchase tickets to the two agreed-upon Barbra Streisand and Metallica concerts,” according to the SEC’s complaint. “In actuality, Carton misappropriated the hedge fund’s $2 million: $950,000 was wired to his personal account.”

Carton, who is said to have racked up more than $3 million in personal gambling debts, allegedly used the funds to repay investors and a few casinos, while another $1 million was wired to an unidentified individual referred to in the SEC’s complaint as “Associate 1.”

In a written statement, Carton’s lawyer, Robert C. Gottlieb, has called the government’s allegations “a gross misunderstanding of what happened,” adding that “Craig is a victim who was deceived, manipulated and used by individuals seeking to gather assets for their own fraudulent schemes.”

In its 26-page complaint, the SEC outlined an elaborate series of tricks through which Carton allegedly conned Brigade Capital Management for a total of $4.6 million. After first approaching the hedge fund last September, Carton convinced its investors to finance a loan agreement to buy up tickets for shows by Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Roger Waters, Metallica and Streisand.

After cutting a number of allegedly phony deals, the SEC said Carton in December convinced the hedge fund to invest in a separate deal for the “purchase and resale of $2 million worth of tickets to two specific, upcoming performances by Barbra Streisand and Metallica” at the Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum.

“In reality … Carton had no such agreement with” Barclays Center operator BSE, according to the SEC.

To persuade the hedge fund otherwise, Carton allegedly fabricated documents and purchase orders, complete with fake signatures from BSE management.

When Brigade officials asked to speak with BSE officials on the phone, “Carton falsely represented, in three separate emails on the morning of Dec. 19, 2016, that this was not possible because [BSE’s] execs ‘are in Orlando’; ‘they are in meetings most of the day apparently’; and ‘they are in meetings till 4:30 and then flying home,’” according to the SEC suit.

Eventually, Brigade agreed to wire the $2 million to Barclays Center, according to court papers.

Later that day, Carton allegedly called BSE and “told [them] to expect a $2 million wire,” according to the complaint. “Carton falsely claimed the wire had been sent ‘in error’ and that Carton’s investor meant to send the money to another bank account. Carton stated that the money should be ‘refunded’ to a bank account in the name of Tier One Tickets.”

Carton’s scheme allegedly succeeded, and later he tried to buy up tickets to cover the hedge fund’s investment “using his personal credit card to purchase a fraction of the $2 million worth of tickets to the two concerts the hedge fund had agreed to invest in,” according to the suit.

That included $16,000 worth of Metallica tickets and nearly $845,000 worth of Streisand tickets for two different concert dates, according to the SEC.

“Carton was ultimately unable to resell a significant portion of the Barbra Streisand tickets he purchased,” the SEC said.

The SEC has also filed a suit against Carton and Joseph Meli, 43, who was busted earlier this year in a scam involving tickets to the Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton” and concerts including last year’s classic-rock “Desert Trip” fest in Indio, Calif.

Yea he's definitely going to prison

 

[aceboon]

Can't wait for his episode of American Greed

 

[K-Apps]

Carton resigns from WFAN

 

[ynwa25]

http://nypost.com/2017/09/12/craig-carton-duped-barclays-center-ops-in-ponzi-scheme-feds-say/



Yea he's definitely going to prison

And he says this is all a misunderstanding..,,..

 

[Rev]

Carton resigns from WFAN

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Carton resigns from WFAN

I guess he won't be able to collect unemployment now