{"id":472118,"date":"2023-12-07T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=472118"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:53:59","slug":"former-jaguars-employee-investigated-for-22-million-fraud","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/former-jaguars-employee-investigated-for-22-million-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Jaguars employee investigated for $22 million fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking revelation, it has come to light that a former employee of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is under suspicion for embezzling an astonishing sum exceeding $22 million.<\/p>\n<p>The illicit activities are believed to have taken place over a four-year period, involving the manipulation of the team&#8217;s internal credit card service system. Details about this staggering theft have emerged through documents filed in a Florida court.<\/p>\n<p>While the court documents do not explicitly mention the Jacksonville Jaguars, the franchise has acknowledged that they are, indeed, the team involved in this financial scandal. According to the team&#8217;s press office, the accused employee was terminated from their position in February of the preceding year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former Jacksonville Jaguars employee Amit Patel has been accused of stealing more than $22 million from the franchise using its virtual credit card program.<\/p>\n<p>Purchases reportedly included:<br \/>\n\u2022 Two vehicles<br \/>\n\u2022 A condo<br \/>\n\u2022 A $95K designer watch<br \/>\n\u2022 Cryptocurrency<br \/>\n\u2022 Bets on online\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yif0uRL509\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/yif0uRL509<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOS\/status\/1732576168811917445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The alleged embezzler is accused of utilizing the misappropriated funds for a range of extravagant purchases, painting a picture of a lavish and illicit lifestyle. The ill-gotten gains reportedly financed expenditures such as high-end residences, luxury vehicles, investments in cryptocurrencies, private jet travel, opulent hotel accommodations, and the acquisition of luxury watches, among other indulgences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking revelation, it has come to light that a former employee of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is under suspicion for embezzling an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":472131,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17169],"news_category":[16703],"gn_keywords":[19042],"acf":{"announce":"He manipulated the team's internal credit card service system","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/472118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/472118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472132,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/472118\/revisions\/472132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472118"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=472118"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=472118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}