Bills Players Scammed

[Stewie]

If every other thread wasn't about Jason Peters, I probably wouldn't post this, but it is the offseason after all.

Looks like someone in the buffalo locker room got wind of this investment some time back, and a few players got in on the action. Didn't turn out so well...

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A group of former and current NFL (http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/#) players has filed a lawsuit against UBS, saying they were swindled out of money in an investment they made through the Swiss bank.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was first reported at TMZ.com (http://www.tmz.com/2008/08/26/crappy-quarterbacks-want-their-dollarsback/), include former NFL quarterbacks (http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/#) Drew Bledsoe, Kelly Holcomb, Rick Mirer, Craig Nall, and Alex Van Pelt, current Saints tight end Mark Campbell and current Eagles long snapper Jon Dorenbos."


http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/

[theanswer74]

lol, figures. We were a stupid team on and off the field.

[BlackMetalNinja]

I guess with that list I can see why there were worried about investing for their futures :rofl:

[patmoran2006]

http://www.tmz.com/2008/08/26/crappy-quarterbacks-want-their-dollarsback/

[patmoran2006]

From PFT:

PLAYERS SAY THEY WERE SCAMMED IN INVESTMENT (http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/08/26/players-say-they-were-scammed-in-investment/)

Posted by Michael David Smith on August 26, 2008, 3:13 p.m.
A group of former and current NFL players has filed a lawsuit against UBS, saying they were swindled out of money in an investment they made through the Swiss bank.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was first reported at TMZ.com (http://www.tmz.com/2008/08/26/crappy-quarterbacks-want-their-dollarsback/), include former NFL quarterbacks Drew Bledsoe, Kelly Holcomb, Rick Mirer, Craig Nall, and Alex Van Pelt, current Saints tight end Mark Campbell and current Eagles long snapper Jon Dorenbos.

The lawsuit centers on an investment the players made in a company called Pay by Touch, which allowed consumers to buy products by putting their fingertips on a sensor and having the cost automatically deducted from their checking accounts. The company shut down without notifying its customers in March. (As a customer who regularly used Pay by Touch at my local grocery store, I’m still annoyed.)

The players say UBS should be held accountable for the money they lost investing in the company because it concealed the criminal past of John Rogers, the founder of Pay by Touch. TMZ reports that Pay by Touch raised $130 million from investors and ended up making $700,000

[John Doe]

Dorenbos made his money disappear.

[The Spaz]

A few Ex Buffalo Qb's....lol

[DraftBoy]

Merged

[Michael82]

A few Ex Buffalo Qb's....lol
They are all ex Buffalo players except for Rick Mirer. I wonder who was the one who got the teammates into it, I'm betting it was Bledsoe.

[RockStar36]

:rofl:

[Bill Brasky]

I guess with that list I can see why there were worried about investing for their futures :rofl:

:rofl:

[HHURRICANE]

That's probably Nall's entire NFL paycheck.

[mikemac2001]

I guess with that list I can see why there were worried about investing for their futures :rofl:


your sig cracks me up i got tecmo super bowl on my blackjack 2 i play it every break...qb bills has 7000+ yds haha andre is a beast

[BlackMetalNinja]

your sig cracks me up i got tecmo super bowl on my blackjack 2 i play it every break...qb bills has 7000+ yds haha andre is a beast

Too bad I got rid of my blackjack II... didn't even think to put emulators on it!

[mikemac2001]

its sweet with emulators only reason i kept it ....i got a couple movies but just play NES games in downtime

[trapezeus]

they probably blitzed bledsoe with information and he froze as they took all his cash out of his account.

[Crisis]

im surprised holcomb never checked down more information on this