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http://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/1...heme-23424.htm
FWIW - This guy is horrible at poker, stereotypical "chatty black guy" - also staked his buddies, most of them were awful as well.
PS - I'm not racist.
Also:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pres...ebt-collectors
http://blog.credit.com/2015/03/what-...t-down-112632/
Preet doin' work.
I also witnessed this guy getting called out for collusion in 2 separate tournaments at casinos in NY. The tournaments were over a year apart and he was clearly colluding in both instances, but the TDs refused to do anything because he "has pull with the floor".
Thomas pleaded guilty in Federal Court this morning to 2 Federal charges of Wire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. He's the 11th person to face the Judge over Thomas' debt collection company which collected over $31M illegally in direct violation of the FDCA as well as several other criminal acts. Thomas will face sentencing in February in front of Judge Failla (no relation to Will the Thrill in case anybody's wondering)
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...raudulent-debt
Poker pro bursts into tears pleading guilty to $31M scamQuote:
Originally Posted by ftpjesus
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Saw him on TV a few times and in poker rooms. Very brash and cocky guy. Poker attracts lots of these types.
40 years for that?
c'monnnnnnnn
man1 gets you 25-life.
this guy didn't kill anyone, all he did was scam.
i'm not saying he should get less time, but sentencing laws are fucking redic sometimes.
what was he facing if he didn't plead out? that's what I wanna know.
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Originally Posted by LarryLaffer
You misread it.
It was a 40-year maximum. He hasn't been sentenced yet. He will get much less.
I guess he's dropping his racism claim regarding being prosecuted.
He will do a couple of years and have all his assets taken from him if I had to guess.
LOLQuote:
Thomas, who lives in Orchard Park, a suburb of Buffalo, pocketed about $750,000 from the scheme — which he blew on gambling expenses, tickets for sporting events, his wedding reception, jewelry and cosmetic surgery for his wife, prosecutors said.
Also LOL him living in Orchard Park where the Bills play. That place just breeds degenerates
Guess we wont see him on Poker Night in America at Turning Stone again anytime soon ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shizzmoney
LOL at the boldQuote:
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the nation's top poker players blamed gambling for derailing his life on Thursday as he was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for a $31 million debt collection scam.
Travell Thomas, 38, a past winner of World Series of Poker tournaments, sobbed as he described how his gambling was "out of control" before he was criminally charged with running a Buffalo-based debt collection business that made false threats and representations to thousands of people nationwide from at least 2010 to 2015.
"I would spend days at the casinos," he told U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla. "I wouldn't even change my clothes."
Thomas, of Orchard Park, New York, said authorities "saved my life" when they told him he could no longer gamble.
"I didn't spend much time at the office. I spent most of my time gambling," he said before Failla announced that he must serve eight years and four months in prison, beginning in September.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...rison-for-scam