{"id":102283,"date":"2019-04-08T07:58:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=102283"},"modified":"2019-04-08T07:58:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:58:52","slug":"radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Radio Host Craig Carton Gets Three and a Half Years in Prison for Ticket Scam Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former New York sports jock and self-confessed gambling addict Craig Carton<\/a> was handed a three and-a-half-year prison sentence for fraud on Friday by a judge who professed to be a fan of his work — except when the show got \u201ctoo raunchy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Craig
Downfall: Craig Carton leaves a Manhattan federal courtroom after his sentencing on Friday. He blew through $5.6 million of other people\u2019s money pursuing a gambling habit that had spiraled out of control. (Image: Matthew McDermott)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The radio personality — previously one half of the Boomer and Carton Show<\/em> with former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason — was convicted in November<\/a> of securities and wire fraud relating to a bogus ticket-reselling business that bilked investors out of millions. He faced a theoretical 45 years, although prosecutors asked for seven.<\/p>\n

“Craig Carton, you have indeed descended into a hell of your own making,\u201d said Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan federal court, as reported by the Associated Press.<\/em> \u201cEverything you spent a lifetime of building up is gone. Your marriage is over. Your family is decimated. Your kids are terrified. Your career is in tatters. Your reputation is lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

$3 Million in the Hole<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Prosecutors said Carton had used $5.6 million of investors\u2019 money as his \u201cown personal piggy bank,\u201d funding a high-stakes gambling habit that had spiraled wildly out of control.<\/p>\n

He attracted investment in his ticketing business by flaunting his show-business contacts, which he claimed gave him the opportunity to bulk-buy tickets for high-profile concerts at a discount before selling them on at a premium price.<\/p>\n

But the business was largely a fiction, launched in 2016 at a time Carton was $3 million in debt to bookmakers and casino junketeers and desperate to claw his way out of a hole.<\/p>\n

Road to Hell<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 50-year-old blamed his dramatic fall from grace on a mixture of wealth, celebrity, and \u201cstupid decisions\u201d triggered by trauma from the sexual abuse he claims he suffered at the age of 11 at the hands of former assistant Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted of child sexual abuse in 2012.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t celebrate winning $4 million in three days \u2026 in the Bahamas,\u201d he told the judge. \u201cI didn\u2019t bemoan losing $700,000 in less than 24 hours a few weeks later in Atlantic City. I am truly powerless over this disease,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The judge said Carton\u2019s claims that he never meant to lose the money were not a mitigating factor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe money always runs out at some point and only then do you realize the road to your personal hell was truly paved with your good intentions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

But she praised his plan to devote his future time to publicly warning others about the dangers of gambling addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew you could be fun to listen to. I also knew you could be a jerk,\u201d she told him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former New York sports jock and self-confessed gambling addict Craig Carton was handed a three and-a-half-year prison sentence for fraud on Friday by a judge who professed to be a fan of his work — except when the show got \u201ctoo raunchy.\u201d The radio personality — previously one half of the Boomer and Carton Show […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":102287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRadio Host Craig Carton Gets Three and a Half Years in Prison<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WFAN radio star Craig Carton, of Boomer and Carton fame, found guilty of operating multimillion Ponzi scheme related to bogus concert ticket reselling business.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radio Host Craig Carton Gets Three and a Half Years in Prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WFAN radio star Craig Carton, of Boomer and Carton fame, found guilty of operating multimillion Ponzi scheme related to bogus concert ticket reselling business.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-08T14:58:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/craig.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/\",\"name\":\"Radio Host Craig Carton Gets Three and a Half Years in Prison\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/craig.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-08T14:58:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-08T14:58:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"WFAN radio star Craig Carton, of Boomer and Carton fame, found guilty of operating multimillion Ponzi scheme related to bogus concert ticket reselling business.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/radio-host-craig-carton-gets-three-and-a-half-years-in-prison\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/craig.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/craig.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1333,\"caption\":\"Downfall: Craig Carton leaves a Manhattan federal courtroom after his sentencing on Friday. 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