DimeSports Owner Sent to Prison
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Robert Braddy, who fantasy folks might recognize as the creator and owner of DimeSports, was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison Monday for tax evasion.
The 39-year-old was found guilty in federal court of hiding more than $1 million of income, according to a statement released by U.S. District Attorney in Atlanta Sally Quillian Yates.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writeup makes no mention of his fantasy sports exploits, but we know that Braddy’s fraudulent exploits haven’t been limited to his tax forms. Just last year a U.S. District Court in Georgia ruled in favor of a fantasy player who sued Braddy for $200,000 over fraud in DimeSports contests. That story brought to light the fact that Braddy admitted his system allowing a relative to cheat en route to winning.
Beyond his prison sentence, Braddy will face three years of “supervised release” and must pay $306,906 in restitution. (Perhaps his cousin can win Braddy enough to cover that.)
DimeSports.net, by the way, is no longer active.