bounce;4547004 said:
I read the ******** article, and I'm not even 100% sure exactly what went down.
Typical low-level con job using the attractive girl (Phillips-who is a real person) and her boyfriend, in charge of the con (Prasad-they'll claim they aren't dating, but they are).
They were involved in some schemes when they worked at T-Mobile together. Prasad likes to gamble and was on a message board for a gambling Web site, using Phillips as the 'attactive girl and heavy, knowledgable gambler' schtick.
The gambling site came to Phillips, who grew in popularity because she was in a world where attactive women are nearly extinct, and they asked her to be a writer for the site. Prasad, the mastermind, decided to use that to his advantage for another low-level scam.
It was pretty much all low-level scams and such and then Prasad/Phillips hit the jackpot....contribute to ESPN Playbook (formerly ESPN2.com).
ESPN was clearly eager to sign Phillips on because they are looking for a way to bring gambling talk onto their Web site, but they want to do it the 'right' way. So they brought in Phillips because her gimmick is the 'attactive girl who is a heavy, expert gambler.' But the real gambler was her boyfriend, Prasad.
From there, Prasad/Phillips used the notoriety they got from being an ESPN contributor to help run more low-level scams (or at least attempt to).
You would think that ESPN would do a better job vetting their contributors, particularly those involved in...and their primary purpose is involved in gambling. I don't have anything against gambling, but it is a world filled with seedy characters.
I'm guessing that Phillips will blame Prasad and claim that she has severed the relationship, but in reality they are still seeing each other and waiting for things to cool off before they can possibly run another scam, doing whatever.
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