<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">A business manager for Utah Jazz guard Mark Jackson was arrested for allegedly embezzling nearly $3 million from the basketball player's bank account, authorities said. Bruce Jay Breger, 40, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of wire fraud. He was released on $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in federal court in two weeks. Authorities contend Breger made about 40 unauthorized wire transfers from Jackson's bank account to his own account from 1999 to 2001. Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Fuchs said Breger had forged his client's signature on fax requests for fund transfers. Breger also pretended to be Jackson on the phone, Fuchs said. Jackson hired Breger to serve as the athlete's business manager, according to court documents. The firm was to monitor Jackson's bank accounts and to assist in paying bills, court documents indicate. But Breger "did not have signing authority on behalf of Mr. Jackson,'' Fuchs said. Jackson and his wife filed a civil lawsuit against Breger in January 2002, claiming their former business manager was embezzling money from them to pay off his gambling debts. That litigation is pending. Breger's attorney, Richard Moss, admitted that his client had a problem, but said that Breger has been attending Gamblers Anonymous for about two years. "There has been no whisper of impropriety since then,'' Moss said. </div> BUSTED!!!
I hope they don't turn this into a big thing but hey Canseco pointed it out...if this guy is white...nobody would care..they'd just let it pass...but if he's black...oh no...he's a bad person...lol i just felt like sayin that
Same thing happened to Vince Carter before, just I don't think it was as much money. I don't think a guy like Mark Jackson wasn't thorough with who he trusted with his money, but maybe this will help him be more careful than he was before.
