NBA: One yr in jail for Suns ticket supervisor for fraud and theft

yournorth former Phoenix Suns ticket supervisor was sentenced to one yr in county jail and three years probation on fraud and theft fees after illegally promoting greater than 2,800 entries of the staff by a 3rd occasion between 2017 and 2019.

jeffrey marcussenwho labored for the suns from 2004 to 2019, was charged in September 2020 with 4 feloniestogether with two counts of submitting false tax returns. Prosecutors alleged that Marcussen offered the tickets on StubHub, a web based ticketing website, with out authorization from the SunsThey don’t promote tickets on that platform.

Returns $458,218 to the Suns

Marcussen pleaded responsible in April and, as a part of the settlement, agreed to pay $458,218 to the Suns to repay the fraudin accordance with courtroom data. additionally agreed pay $1,780 to the fund in opposition to organized crime of the Arizona Legal professional Basic and $11,818 to the Arizona Division of Income. Funds all these which have already been paid in full.

I wish to apologize to the Phoenix Suns and all of my former colleagues inside the group… I’d additionally prefer to apologize to my household and mates. I recognize all of your love and assist. I would not have been in a position to get by this with out them.

Jeffrey Marcussen (Former Suns Ticket Supervisor)

In a press release to ESPN, Marcussen mentioned: “I wish to apologize to the Phoenix Suns and all of my former colleagues inside the group. with whom he labored for greater than 20 years. I appreciated my time with the Phoenix Suns and labored with a whole lot of superb folks. That is why, it was essential to me to make a full return to the group as quickly as potential. I’d additionally like apologize to my household and mates. I recognize all of your love and assist. I would not have been in a position to get by this with out them.”

Enter jail on December 1

The accused start serving his one-year jail sentence on December 1, however the representatives of the state, in addition to the attorneys of marcussen on the Ballard Spahr Regulation Agency, Mark Kokanovich and Sarah Noe, will meet earlier than then and submit a joint stipulation to modify the sentence to permit Marcussen to proceed working whereas serving his sentence.

Suns workers obtained a notification through e mail to your complete firm on the finish of June 2019 by which they defined that Marcussen not labored for the staff, though the explanation was not said. Within the 2018-19 franchise’s official media information Marcussen was listed because the Suns’ deputy director of ticketing.

The matter involving Marcussen, 45, was unrelated to the NBA investigation of the Suns and majority proprietor Robert Sarver.