Chicago White Sox Ticket Scheme Gets Broker 18 Months Prison

Feb. 15, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

A Chicago ticket broker convicted of defrauding the White Sox baseball team of more than $1.2 million in stolen tickets was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday in a federal court in Illinois.

Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois also ordered the defendant, Bruce Lee, to pay $75,000 in restitution, Lee’s counsel Nishay K. Sanan in Chicago told Bloomberg Law.

Federal prosecutors asked the court to impose a sentence of 46 to 57 months in prison and order Lee to make a lump-sum payment of at least $1.47 million, or, ...

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