Former NHL player Bryan Berard and ex-cop help feds nail two Arizona men in massive fraud
Particle Media
A Brooklyn federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a 10-count grand jury indictment of a self-described "lifestyle coach" and a convicted cocaine dealer who authorities believe ripped off upwards of $15 million from a dozen or more current and former National Hockey League players and several Long Island police officers and their families.
A swarm of law enforcement officials, including agents from the FBI, the IRS and the Scottsdale (Ariz.) police, arrested Phil Kenner and Tommy Constantine on multiple charges of bilking the players who trusted the men to invest their money, including wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy.
For more than a decade, according to the indictment, Kenner and Constantine organized a scheme telling victims their money would be invested in real estate ventures, privately held companies and a legal defense fund when in fact the money was diverted to accounts Kenner and Constantine used for themselves.