New York man charged with stealing $3.5 million from Miami Beach bank account
The theft of almost $3.6 million from Miami Beach’s public coffers began with a Craigslist ad for baseball tickets in Chicago.
David J. Miller never sold the tickets. But the FBI says he stole the buyer’s identity and embarked on a bizarre scheme to plunder millions from unwitting Beach bureaucrats to buy and sell expensive tickets at a horse racing venue and five NFL stadiums across the country.
According to an affidavit filed by an FBI agent in federal court this week, Miller, 44, used the Illinois man’s information to set up an account with a website where people can buy and transfer “personal seat licenses,” which entitle the holder to buy season tickets or individual game tickets for sporting events.
Then, after somehow obtaining the account and routing numbers for Miami Beach’s general depository account at SunTrust Bank, Miller set up bank transfers to buy personal seat licenses, reaching into the public till 57 times between July and October 2016.
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