A loving tribute to Rick Scott
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With Ron DeSantis term limited out, Florida Republicans are going to need a new gubernatorial candidate. This guy is making a hell of a pitch:
A former Jacksonville Jaguars employee is accused of stealing more than $22 million from the franchise from 2019 to 2023 by exploiting the organization’s virtual credit card program, and he used that money to buy, among other items, two vehicles, a condominium and a designer watch worth over $95,000. Some of that money was also allegedly used to purchase cryptocurrency and place bets with online gambling sites.
Amit Patel, who worked for the Jaguars for five years starting in 2018, is named in court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Fla. earlier this week. The Jaguars were not named in the federal filing – the organization was referred to as “Business A” – but the team confirmed it was the victim of Patel’s alleged crimes.
“We can confirm that in February 2023, the team terminated the employment of the individual named in the filing,” the team said in a statement. “Over the past several months we have cooperated fully with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida during their investigation and thank them for their efforts in this case. As was made clear in the charges, this individual was a former manager of financial planning and analysis who took advantage of his trusted position to covertly and intentionally commit significant fraudulent financial activity at the team’s expense for personal benefit. This individual had no access to confidential football strategy, personnel or other football information. The team engaged experienced law and accounting firms to conduct a comprehensive independent review, which concluded that no other team employees were involved in or aware of his criminal activity.”
Patel’s only problem is that he may not have been ambitious enough — steal $22 million and they throw you in jail. steal $1.7 billion from Medicare and they make you senator.
Speaking of stealing money from the Jaguars, with Mitch Trubisky shitting the bed on national television again, it’s always fun to remember that the Jags took a gentleman’s C running back with the #4 pick instead of Patrick Mahomes, because after all they already had Mr. Blake Bortles.