United States New York Court Convicts Businessman Calvin Darden Jr of $8 Million Fraud with ex-NBA Agent Charles Briscoe on 2 ex-NBA Basketball Players LA Lakers Dwight Howard & Chandler Parsons in 2021, Dwight Howard Invested $7 Million to Buy WNBA Team Atlanta Dream, Chandler Parsons Tricked into Investing $1 Million in Development of NBA No. 2 Draft Pick James Wiseman, Calvin Darden Jr Spent $6.1 Million of Dwight Howard $7 Million on 2 Lamborghinis, House, Piano & Watches, Charles Briscoe Sentenced to 3 Months Home Detention & 3 Years Supervision for Wire Fraud in 2023
12th October 2024 | Hong Kong
A United States New York court has convicted a businessman Calvin Darden Jr of $8 million fraud with ex-NBA agent Charles Briscoe on 2 ex-NBA basketball players LA Lakers Dwight Howard & Chandler Parsons in 2021. Dwight Howard invested $7 million to buy WNBA Team Atlanta Dream, and Chandler Parsons was tricked into investing $1 million in the development of NBA no. 2 draft pick James Wiseman. Calvin Darden Jr spent $6.1 million of Dwight Howard $7 million on 2 Lamborghinis, a house, a piano & watches. Charles Briscoe was sentenced to 3 months home detention & 3 years supervision for wire fraud in 2023. United States Department of Justice (7/10/24): “Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of CALVIN DARDEN, JR. for his role in defrauding former National Basketball Association (“NBA”) players Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons out of $8 million. The defendant was found guilty following an 11-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial: In the fraud against Howard, DARDEN, JR. deceived Howard into sending him $7 million, purportedly for the purpose of buying the Atlanta Dream (the “Dream”), a team in the Women’s National Basketball Association. DARDEN, JR. worked with Charles Briscoe, Howard’s agent, to perpetrate the fraud. DARDEN, JR. sent a “Vision Plan” to Howard about the purported purchase of the Dream. The Vision Plan falsely claimed that a number of celebrities and companies—including Tyler Perry, Issa Rae, Naomi Osaka, Aflac, and Starbucks—had agreed to be advisors to the Dream or to sponsor the Dream after Howard purchased it. In truth and in fact, those individuals and companies had never agreed to be advisors or corporate sponsors to the Dream and many had never even heard of DARDEN, JR. or the plan to purchase the Dream. DARDEN, JR.’s father (“Relative-1”) is a prominent businessman. DARDEN, JR. repeatedly impersonated Relative-1 in an attempt to add credibility to his fraud scheme. DARDEN, JR. directed Howard to send the $7 million to a shell company he controlled, in order to effectuate the purported purchase of the Dream. DARDEN, JR. then laundered the money through a number of different bank accounts he controlled. DARDEN, JR. did not spend any money on the purchase of the Dream. Instead, he spent the money on a $3.7 million mansion, a Rolls-Royce, a Lamborghini, a Porsche, Basquiat paintings, and other luxury goods for himself. Howard learned that he did not in fact own the Dream only when ESPN reported that the Dream had in fact been sold to someone else. In the fraud against Parsons, DARDEN, JR. deceived Parsons into sending him $1 million, purportedly for the purpose of loaning the money to James Wiseman, a prospect in the 2020 NBA draft. DARDEN, JR. and Briscoe falsely claimed to know Wiseman, and forged a document stating that Wiseman had agreed that Briscoe would be his agent in order to convince Parsons to send the money. In truth and in fact, DARDEN, JR. and Briscoe did not know Wiseman and did not send any of the money to Wiseman. Instead, DARDEN, JR. spent his cut of the fraud proceeds on watches, a Mercedes, and other personal expenses. DARDEN, JR. was previously convicted of fraud in New York state in 2005. He was also convicted of fraud in the Southern District of New York in 2015. In the 2015 case, DARDEN, JR. committed frauds involving a purported purchase of Maxim magazine and a purported NBA exhibition game in Taiwan. In that prior fraud, DARDEN, JR. also impersonated Relative-1 in an attempt to add credibility to his fraud scheme. DARDEN, JR., 50, of Atlanta, Georgia, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years; one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years; one count of bank fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years; one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years; and one count of money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.
“ United States New York Court Convicts Businessman Calvin Darden Jr of $8 Million Fraud with ex-NBA Agent Charles Briscoe on 2 ex-NBA Basketball Players LA Lakers Dwight Howard & Chandler Parsons in 2021, Dwight Howard Invested $7 Million to Buy WNBA Team Atlanta Dream, Chandler Parsons Tricked into Investing $1 Million in Development of NBA No. 2 Draft Pick James Wiseman, Calvin Darden Jr Spent $6.1 Million of Dwight Howard $7 Million on 2 Lamborghinis, House, Piano & Watches, Charles Briscoe Sentenced to 3 Months Home Detention & 3 Years Supervision for Wire Fraud in 2023 “
United States New York Court Convicts Businessman Calvin Darden Jr of $8 Million Fraud with ex-NBA Agent Charles Briscoe on 2 ex-NBA Basketball Players LA Lakers Dwight Howard & Chandler Parsons in 2021, Dwight Howard Invested $7 Million to Buy WNBA Team Atlanta Dream, Chandler Parsons Tricked into Investing $1 Million in Development of NBA No. 2 Draft Pick James Wiseman, Calvin Darden Jr Spent $6.1 Million of Dwight Howard $7 Million on 2 Lamborghinis, House, Piano & Watches, Charles Briscoe Sentenced to 3 Months Home Detention & 3 Years Supervision for Wire Fraud in 2023
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