An attorney was disbarred in New York after being convicted for embezzling about $500,000 in investor funds meant for the launch of a fantasy football lottery game, a state appeals court ruled.
Timothy Cobb pleaded guilty in federal court in Georgia in 2019 to wire fraud and filing a fraudulent tax return. He was accused of soliciting investors to create a fantasy football lottery game with several state lotteries, and then using the funds to pay for travel to Barbados and other personal expenditures.
Cobb was sentenced in 2021 to one year and one day in prison, as well as ...
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