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Gambling Hotline Ex-Director Stole $1.5M to Feed Betting Habit, Prosecutors Say

21 octobre 2026 à 16:38
Philip L. Sullivan started running the Florida hotline in 2025, a year after he was accused of stealing from a previous employer. He was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

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The Bay County Courthouse in Panama City, Fla., where Philip L. Sullivan was sentenced on Friday to nine years and 10 months in prison.
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21 octobre 2026 à 09:40

Flights to third countries where the detainees have no ties are scheduled as early as Wednesday, relatives detail

Relatives of gravely ill detainees at two Florida immigration jails say authorities are about to deport their loved ones to unknown countries in Africa despite worsening medical conditions.

Flights are scheduled as early as Wednesday, according to the families and the immigration advocacy group the Workers Circle, which has been monitoring conditions and speaking with detainees inside two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in south Florida.

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  • Florida gambling helpline director sentenced to nearly 10 years over $1.4m theft to fund addiction
    Philip Sullivan, who sought to rebuild his life after gambling addiction, convicted of stealing from real-estate employerA Florida man who stole more than $1m from his employer to bankroll a gambling problem – before becoming the director of his state’s gambling addiction helpline in trying to make amends – was recently sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.Bay county, Florida, authorities charged Philip Sullivan in March 2024 with stealing $1.4m from the Panama City Beach real-estate company f
     

Florida gambling helpline director sentenced to nearly 10 years over $1.4m theft to fund addiction

21 octobre 2026 à 05:00

Philip Sullivan, who sought to rebuild his life after gambling addiction, convicted of stealing from real-estate employer

A Florida man who stole more than $1m from his employer to bankroll a gambling problem – before becoming the director of his state’s gambling addiction helpline in trying to make amends – was recently sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.

Bay county, Florida, authorities charged Philip Sullivan in March 2024 with stealing $1.4m from the Panama City Beach real-estate company for which he was the chief financial officer, Royal American, as local news outlets WMBB and WJHG had previously reported.

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