Florida gambling helpline director sentenced to nearly 10 years over $1.4m theft to fund addiction

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Left · Published: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:03 GMT

Philip Sullivan, who sought to rebuild his life after gambling addiction, convicted of stealing from real-estate employerA Florida man who stole more than $1m from his employer to bankroll a gambling problem – before becoming the director of his state’s gambling addiction helpline in trying to make amends – was recently sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.Bay county, Florida, authorities charged Philip Sullivan in March 2024 with stealing $1.4m from the Panama City Beach real-estate company for which he was the chief financial officer, Royal American, as local news outlets WMBB and WJHG had previously reported. Continue reading...

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