[情報] 老鷹前員工盜用球隊3.8M來吃喝玩樂、買車

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https://reurl.cc/jm5gAm Last January, an Atlanta Hawks finance executive sent what seemed like a routine request to the team’s accounting department. He asked that the franchise pay o ff a $229,968.76 American Express bill for a stay at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas the month before. The Hawks made a detour there for the NBA Cup, where they adv anced to the semifinals, and Lester Jones, the team’s senior vice president of financial planning and analysis, wanted the bill paid. A team accountant obliged . 今年一月老鷹隊的一名財務主管向球隊會計部門提出了看似例行的請求，他要求球隊支付一筆22 萬9968.76美元的美國運通帳單，內容為前一個月在拉斯維加斯永利酒店的住宿費，當時老鷹隊因NBA Cup而前往該地並打進準決賽，而球隊財務規劃與分析資深副總裁Lester Jo nes希望帳單能及時支付，一名隊內會計也照辦了 But there was no stay at the Wynn, according to federal prosecutors, and no bill for it. It was allegedly part of a yearslong con by Jones to steal money from t he Hawks, who employed him in their finance department for nearly a decade. 但根據聯邦檢察官的說法，Jones 根本沒有入住永利酒店，也不存在這張帳單，這筆費用據稱是 Jones多年來詐取老鷹隊資金計畫的一部分，而他在球隊財務部門任職將近十年 Jones, 46, of Atlanta, was charged with fraud and embezzling $3.8 million from t he NBA franchise, according to an indictment brought last week by the U.S. Attor ney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Evidence of his alleged crim es was uncovered through a team-backed audit, multiple league sources told The A thletic. 46 歲、來自亞特蘭大的Jones遭控詐欺並侵占老鷹共計380萬美元，該起訴由上週美國喬治亞州北區聯邦檢察官提出，多位聯盟消息人士向《The Athletic》透露，他的涉嫌犯罪證據是透過球隊委託的審計調查發現的 The Hawks, through a team spokesman, declined to comment, as did the U.S. Attorn ey’s Office. 老鷹隊透過發言人拒絕評論，美國檢察官辦公室亦拒絕回應 Jones pleaded not guilty and was released on $10,000 bond last week. He is no lo nger employed by the Hawks. An attorney for Jones did not return an email or a v oicemail request for comment. Jones上週對指控表示不認罪，並以1萬美元交保，他目前已不在老鷹隊任職 Jones was in a romantic relationship with another team employee, multiple league sources said, and he used some of the money he is accused of stealing to buy he r expensive gifts. The woman, who could not be reached for comment, also no long er works for the Hawks. 多位聯盟消息人士稱，Jones 與另一名球隊員工有戀愛關係，他被指控使用部分遭盜用的資金替她購買昂貴禮物，該名女性目前也已離開老鷹隊，且無法取得回應。 Jones used his position with the Hawks to build a lavish lifestyle for himself, prosecutors allege. He controlled the team’s American Express card account and had the ability to authorize charges, according to prosecutors, authorized multi ple corporate cards for himself and had the ability to charge sums for others. 檢察官表示，Jones 利用自己在老鷹隊的職務為自己打造奢華生活，他掌管球隊的美國運通信用卡帳戶，並有權核准消費；此外，他替自己辦了多張公司信用卡，且能代替他人刷卡消費 He reportedly used that power to spend on trips to the Bahamas, Hawaii, Thailand , Switzerland and other countries; paid for a Porsche; and bought tickets to con certs and other events. Now, he is facing a count of federal wire fraud. 據報導，他利用這些權限支付前往巴哈馬、夏威夷、泰國、瑞士等地的旅行費用；替自己購入一輛保時捷；並購買演唱會及其他活動門票，如今，他面臨一項聯邦電匯詐欺指控。 Prosecutors allege that Jones went to great lengths to cover up his spending. Th ey say he changed financial reports to hide his use of the company’s corporate cards, faked emails to make his transactions seem legitimate and diverted his pe rsonal spending on those cards to the Hawks’ team operations. 檢察官指出，Jones 不遺餘力地掩蓋他的消費，他被指控修改財務報告以隱藏公司卡的使用紀錄，偽造電子郵件使交易看起來合法，並把個人消費轉嫁到老鷹隊的營運費用中 When it was time for him to pay the bill from January 2025, prosecutors say Jone s falsely changed an email from American Express to trick the Hawks into paying for his personal spending. When he asked a Hawks employee to fill out a reimburs ement form for $229,968.76, he said the money had been used on “NBA Emirates Cu p, Tickets, Credentials, Logistics, Room.” 檢察官表示，當2025年1月的帳單需要付款時，Jones 竄改了一封來自美國運通的電子郵件，以欺騙老鷹隊替他支付私人消費，他要求一名球隊員工替他填寫 22 萬 9968.76 美元的報銷表時，聲稱這筆費用是用於「NBA Emirates Cup、門票、證件、後勤、住宿」 The next day, he received a legitimate email from American Express with a bill f or roughly that amount. He then sent an altered version of that email to coworke rs in the financial department, according to the indictment. 隔天，他收到了來自美國運通的真正帳單，根據起訴書，他將這封信件修改後再轉寄給財務部門的同事 “At least I know the Wynn’s number is right,” Jones wrote. 「至少我知道永利酒店的號碼是對的，」Jones 寫道 — 吃喝玩樂都老鷹出XD -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.162.45.224 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1762230360.A.0D2.html ※ 編輯: zxc906383 (1.162.45.224 臺灣), 11/04/2025 12:26:45