{"id":1157,"date":"2024-06-14T03:13:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T00:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/new-york-poker-shark-arrested-in-jontay-porter-case-denies-flee-attempt\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T03:13:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T00:13:12","slug":"new-york-poker-shark-arrested-in-jontay-porter-case-denies-flee-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/new-york-poker-shark-arrested-in-jontay-porter-case-denies-flee-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"New York \u2018Poker Shark\u2019 Arrested in Jontay Porter Case Denies Flee Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Spis tre\u015bci<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/new-york-poker-shark-arrested-in-jontay-porter-case-denies-flee-attempt\/#Manipulated_NBA_Games\" title=\"Manipulated NBA Games\">Manipulated NBA Games<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/new-york-poker-shark-arrested-in-jontay-porter-case-denies-flee-attempt\/#What_Poker_Festival\" title=\"What Poker Festival?\">What Poker Festival?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>One of four New York men arrested for alleged involvement in the Jontay Porter betting scandal has denied that he was trying to flee the country when he was detained at JFK International last week.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-322129\" data-style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-322129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jont-858x617.jpg\" alt=\"Long Phi Pham, Bruce Pham, Jontay Porter, NBA, Ammar Awawdeh, Timothy McCormac, Mahmud Mollah\" width=\"1014\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jont-858x617.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jont-430x309.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jont.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">Long \u201cBruce\u201d Phi Pham, furthest back, pictured with his co-conspirators (right to left) Ammar Awawdeh, Timothy McCormac, and Mahmud Mollah in a restaurant at an Atlantic City casino where they allegedly placed the fraudulent bets. (Image: US Dist. Court for the Eastern Dist. of New York)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Long Phi Pham, 38, was apprehended by the FBI on June 3 as he attempted to board a one-way flight to Australia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>During his bail hearing at Brooklyn federal court Wednesday, the self-described \u201cpoker shark\u201d told the judge via his lawyer he was in fact on his way to a poker tournament at the Star Casino in Sydney when he was arrested. \u00a0He was carrying $12K in cash, $80K in cashier\u2019s checks, and three cell phones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pham\u2019s lawyer, Michael Soschnik, explained to reporters after the hearing that his client ranked in the \u201cone percent of poker players in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Manipulated_NBA_Games\"><\/span><strong>Manipulated NBA Games<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pham was part of a group that profited from bets on NBA games involving Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter when they knew he would be exiting early, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The group won more than $2 million by taking the under with DraftKings and FanDuel on Porter\u2019s performances in two games where it had been agreed he would fake injury. Most of the winnings were frozen when the operators detected suspicious betting patterns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Prosecutors believe Porter agreed to participate in the scheme because he was heavily indebted to the group due to a gambling problem. The NBA banned the player for life in April for breaching its betting regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pham is facing wire fraud charges for his alleged involvement in the plot. Magistrate Judge\u00a0Cheryl Pollak granted him bail Wednesday at $750K, although she expressed reservations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he is trying to flee the country to evade prosecution. I am sitting here today with very serious doubts that I am making a big mistake,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Poker_Festival\"><\/span><strong>What Poker Festival?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There was no poker festival scheduled this month at the Star with the kind of fields and prize pools that might tempt the top 1% of poker players to fly to the other side of the world at a time when the World Series of Poker is in full swing in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Star is hosting its regular roster of low to medium buy-in events. However, that might suit Pham \u2013 or at least the only \u201cLong Pham\u201d listed on the Hendon Mob database of live tournament rankings. The listed player, who may or may not be the defendant, is ranked 288,478th in the world, with gross tournament earnings of just $3,336. This player also likes low-to-medium buy-in events, ranging from $230 to $500.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pham faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-poker-shark-arrested-in-jontay-porter-case-denies-flee-attempt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York \u2018Poker Shark\u2019 Arrested in Jontay Porter Case Denies Flee Attempt<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of four New York men arrested for alleged involvement in the Jontay Porter betting scandal has denied that he was trying to flee the country when he was detained at JFK International last week. 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