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-- Former WFAN host Craig Carton was found guilty on all three fraud charges against him, a Manhattan court ruled on Wednesday. He faces up to 45 years in prison.
The jury spent less than a day deliberating before deciding Carton is guilty of the charges, including securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud stemming from his role in defrauding investors in a bulk ticket buying scheme to pay off his gambling debts.
“I need to let it sink in now,” Carton told reporters. “I’ll have nothing else to say other than my plans. … I’m going to go home and hug my kids and let my lawyers deal with the rest of it.”
“As a unanimous Manhattan jury has found, Carton was all talk,” Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said. “Carton fabricated contracts for blocks of tickets and spent the almost $7 million he collected from investors on gambling and personal expenses.”
Carton pled not guilty to the charges when he was arrested in September and did not show up for his WFAN show, Boomer & Carton, that morning.
Bell was speaking out on his situation with the Steelers, as under the collective bargaining agreement he has to sign his franchise tender or sign a one-year deal with the team ahead of the deadline on Nov. 13 in order to retain his eligibility for this season.