(Adds comment from Amgen) By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) – Late in July 2012, Phil Mickelson, one of the world’s most famous golfers, received a phone call from a well-known professional sports gambler, William “Billy” Walters. At the time, U.S. authorities say, Mickelson owed Walters a gambling debt, and Walters had a…
Late in July 2012, Phil Mickelson, one of the world’s most famous golfers, received a phone call from a well-known professional sports gambler, William “Billy” Walters. At the time, U.S. authorities say, Mickelson owed Walters a gambling debt, and Walters had a hot stock tip: buy shares in the food company Dean Foods Co. Four…
Pro golfer Phil Mickelson earned close to $1 million on an illegal insider tip that he used to pay off massive gambling debts, federal authorities say. Mickelson, 45, was named as a relief defendant in a civil lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. That means he is being targeted to repay his ill-gotten…
Phil Mickelson, pro golfer and gambler, has been hanging around shady people, and now he’s been dragged into a federal case that is going to cost him $931,000 of ill-gotten gains, according to reports. The Associated Press says the Securities And Exchange Commission is filing a complaint against Mickelson related to alleged insider trading. The SEC says…
A federal jury in Montgomery has convicted an Auburn man on two counts of bankruptcy fraud for concealing assets of his business from the Bankruptcy Court and his creditors Kennon W. Whaley, 51, was convicted in federal court on Tuesday, said George Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Whaley was the…
Prisoners are clocking up debt from behind bars and are often unaware they have a gambling problem. A new pilot scheme will target gambling in prisons to reduce rates of reoffending and standover tactics behind bars. The Problem Gambling Foundation is preparing to roll out a pilot program across three Canterbury prisons. Remand residents would have…
Prisoners are clocking up debt from behind bars and are often unaware they have a gambling problem. A new pilot scheme will target gambling in prisons to reduce rates of reoffending and standover tactics behind bars. The Problem Gambling Foundation is preparing to roll out a pilot program across three Canterbury prisons. Remand residents would have…
A technician opens a coin-operated amusement machine at a Duluth gas station. BOB ANDRES / [email protected] The city thats trying to ease penalties for pot possession is also known for clamping down on video gambling. Does Clarkston suffer from a fickle streak when it comes to vice? Not at all, said Mayor Ted Terry. In his…
A Buddhist monk in Ayutthaya has been accused of hacking a man to death with a sickle following an argument over a football gambling debt on Wednesday night. The incident occurred at Sai Noi temple in Bang Ban district shortly before 8pm when Chatchai Plertplai, 40, arrived on a motorcycle and reprimanded Phra Prayoon, 48,…
A FATHER-of-seven has been jailed for 14 months for setting up a cannabis farm to pay off a £25,000 gambling debt. Saghir Shahid, 40, was caught with 53 cannabis plants in a locked room at the family home in Blenheim Road, Manningham, Bradford, on December 14 last year. Prosecutor Lorraine Harris told Bradford Crown Court…
