Former Jaguars employee Amit Patel is facing new charges in the state of Florida.
According to reports on Thursday, Patel has been charged with six counts of grand theft under Florida law. As explained by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk, the new charges come because theft is a state-level issue, rather than a federal one. Patel is currently serving his sentence after pleading guilty to wire fraud and illegal money transactions.
Patel stole $22 million from the team, and was sentenced to 78 months in prison in March of 2024. Given the new charges against him, more time may soon be tacked on to that stint.
In December of 2023, a report from Kalyn Kahler and Katie Strang at The Athletic found that Patel had used the funds he stole to buy everything from vehicles to cryptocurrency, but the vast amount of the cash went to gambling losses.
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