Washington Commanders: Why Commanders are charged with defrauding ticket buyers by the DC attorney general ?

Washington Commanders are charged with defrauding ticket buyers by the DC attorney general

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Washington Commanders sued by attorney general

On Thursday, the Washington Commanders were sued by the district’s attorney general on the grounds that the team had engaged in a plan to defraud District residents of their season ticket deposits and used the money for its own gain.

Attorney General Karl Racine of the District of Columbia has filed two lawsuits in the last week.

Racine said that the Commanders have been selling premium seating tickets to Washington, D.C., supporters since 1996, some of which required a security deposit. When the contracts for these ticket holders expired, the team said they would automatically receive their deposits back within 30 days. However, according to Racine, the team kept the money and used it, in some cases for more than ten years.

Washington Commanders representative denied accusations

The lawsuit claims that the team “deliberately complicated the return process by imposing extra, burdensome criteria that were not previously sufficiently disclosed” when ticket buyers requested a refund of their deposits. On Thursday, a Commanders representative denied Racine’s accusations.

Washington Commanders spokesperson’s statement

A Commanders spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday that “The Team has not accepted security deposits for over 20 years in the case of premium tickets and over a decade in the case of suites, and we began returning them to season ticket holders as early as 2004, In 2014, as part of a comprehensive review, Team management was instructed to send notices to over 1,400 customers with deposits and return all security deposits requested.”

The newest case, according to Racine, is “yet another example of egregious mismanagement and illegal conduct by Commanders executives who seem determined to lie, cheat, and steal from District residents in as many ways as possible.” The squad, which is owned by Dan Snyder, was charged with “arrogance and flagrant contempt for the law,” according to him.

According to the lawsuit, a Commanders’ employee informed team corporate officers in 2009 that this was against the terms of the contract, but the team persisted in subjecting customers to additional duties.

He claimed that as of March 2022, the Commanders still had approximately $200,000 in unreturned security deposits, despite returning part of the money to ticket purchasers. Additionally, it is claimed in the lawsuit that the Commanders turned security deposits made by D.C. residents into money for the team by forfeiting thousands of dollars.

Racine claimed that the Commanders, Snyder, the NFL, and its commissioner Roger Goodell misled D.C. residents about the team’s allegedly toxic culture and sexual harassment in the first lawsuit, which was filed independently of this one.

Recent investigations into sexual harassment and financial malfeasance by the House Oversight Committee and the NFL focused on The Commanders and Snyder, who has owned the team since 1999.

A Commanders representative stated in a statement released last week that the team’s owners had previously admitted “that an unacceptable workplace culture had existed within their organization for numerous years and they have apologized many times for allowing it to happen.”

According to the spokeswoman, ownership concurs with the attorney general that the public must be informed of the facts.

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NFL conducting a review

The NFL is conducting a review. Mary Jo White, a former SEC chair, is in charge of it. The investigation into possible financial irregularities has spurred additional inquiries into the Commanders.

According to a recent report by ESPN, the Eastern District of Virginia U.S. Attorney’s Office has launched a criminal investigation into the team’s alleged financial malfeasance.

Washington Commander for sale

Snyder has meanwhile listed the team for sale. The agreement might be worth up to $7 billion for the Commanders. The NFL has stated that any agreement must pass muster with its financial committee and 24 of the league’s 32 franchises.