FanDuel agrees to pay Jaguars roughly $5M to offset losses from ex-employee’s theft, AP source says

FanDuel to pay Jaguars $5 million for money stolen by ex-team employee

The Jaguars are getting some reprieve for the money stolen by a former employee for gambling purposes. FanDuel Sportsbook will pay the team approximately $5 million for the $22 million that Amit Patel, who worked in Jacksonville’s finance department, stole through a virtual credit card program between 2019 and 2023, according to ESPN.

FanDuel to pay Jaguars $5m to offset losses from ex-employee’s theft

The fee will help offset the nearly $20 million that a former employee stole from the NFL franchise

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FanDuel agrees to pay Jaguars roughly $5M to offset losses from ex-employee's theft, AP source says

A person familiar with discussions says FanDuel has agreed to pay the Jacksonville Jaguars roughly $5 million to help offset the nearly $20 million that a former employee stole from the NFL franchise and deposited at the sportsbook.

Jaguars Will Get Millions Of Dollars Back From FanDuel After Employee Used Stolen Funds To Gamble After NFL Intervened

Jacksonville Jaguars helmet It’s been close to three years since the Jaguars discovered a team employee had managed to embezzle funds from the team to the tune of over $22 million. The vast majority of that sum was used to gamble on FanDuel, and the franchise has managed to get the sportsbook to agree to return some of the pilfered funds. Most multibillion-dollar businesses have some safeguards in place to ensure a single person isn’t able to sp…

FanDuel to pay Jacksonville Jaguars $5 million after former team employee deposited stolen money, per report

Amit Patel stole more than $22 million from the Jaguars during his employment