Florida gambling helpline director jailed over his own $1.4M habit

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By Kate Northrop

The Florida man who ran a gambling addiction helpline for the past year and a half has been sentenced to nearly ten years in prison for embezzling $1.4 million to fund his own gambling activities.

A gambling addiction helpline director has been handed almost a decade-long sentence for stealing $1.4 million from his former employer to fund the gambling habit he was later paid to help others overcome.

Philip Lee Sullivan,...

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