Ex-Virginia Cop Admits $831k Fraud Bankrolled Gambling

An ex-police officer from Virginia confessed to defrauding 13 folks out of over $831,000 to fund his playing behavior, federal prosecutors revealed.

In line with WTKR Information 3 on Monday, former Eastville Police Officer Jerry Keith Brady, Jr. pleaded responsible to 1 rely apiece of cash laundering and wire fraud earlier than Choose Lawrence R. Leonard in District Courtroom for the Japanese District of Virginia.

Brady allegedly satisfied folks he knew to lend him cash falsely, based mostly on a big inheritance he claimed would repay the debt. Over 33 transactions noticed cash going into Brady’s account, prosecutors state, with most of it by no means repaid. 

spent huge sums playing on the ‘ability’ machines”

In line with court docket reviews, the previous cop used many of the cash on casinos and on-line sports activities betting apps and in addition “spent huge sums playing on the ‘ability’ machines positioned in fuel stations on the Japanese Shore in Virginia.”

Former Eastville Police Chief Linwood Christian mentioned federal brokers got here asking about Brady final January, and that he advised them a narrative involving a fellow co-worker whose face, after admitting to Christian he loaned $9,000 to the shady cop, “turned white as snow.”

Christian added: “I by no means loaned Keith Brady a dime, or would I ever mortgage him a dime.”

Brady is scheduled to seem earlier than the District Courtroom for the Japanese District of Virginia for sentencing on February 19.