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Federal charges filed against five former Kansas Athletics officials accused of stealing tickets from KU
KU’s current head of ticket operations resigns just hours before her name is listed in indictment
The director of ticket operations resigned Thursday morning from Kansas Athletics Inc., as a grand jury indicted her and four others for their roles in an alleged ticket scam prosecutors say cost the department up to $5 million during the past five years.
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Government opposes request to shorten sentence from ex-KU employee convicted in ticket scandal
Prosecutors on Wednesday urged a judge to reject a request by a former consultant for Kansas University to have his sentence shortened in a ticket scalping conspiracy that he helped conceal.
Man convicted in KU ticket scandal wants a year shaved off his federal prison sentence
A former Kansas Athletics Inc. consultant convicted for his role in the Kansas University ticket scandal is asking a judge to shave a year off his 46-month federal prison sentence, according to court records.
Two Lawrence police officers suspended for role in fixing traffic tickets in exchange for KU basketball tickets
City leaders have confirmed that two Lawrence police officers were suspended following an investigation conducted by the FBI related to traffic tickets being fixed in exchange for Kansas University basketball tickets.
Federal Judge Wesley Brown, who presided over KU ticket scandal case, dies at age 104
As the nation's oldest sitting federal judge in history, U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown allowed himself few concessions to his advancing age as he insisted on presiding over significant and often complex cases right up until his death at 104.
Ex-wife of former KU athletics administrator says no fraud relating to ticket scandal in divorce settlement
The ex-wife of the highest-ranking official caught in the University of Kansas ticket scalping scandal has denied any fraudulent transfer of assets in their divorce settlement.
Feds sue former KU athletics official Ben Kirtland and his ex-wife
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday sued the highest-ranking official caught in a ticket scalping scandal at the University of Kansas and his ex-wife, alleging the property settlement in their divorce defrauded the United States.
KU officials decide not to pursue civil lawsuit against defendants convicted in athletic ticket scandal
Kansas University officials won’t file a civil lawsuit against former athletic department employees who stole $2 million in a football and basketball ticket scheme, a KU spokesman said Friday.
Final ticket scandal co-conspirator Ben Kirtland awaits designation at Massachusetts federal prison
The last co-conspirator in an operation that stole and sold thousands of tickets for Kansas University basketball and football games is behind bars, awaiting designation in a federal medical complex in Massachusetts.
Charlette Blubaugh begins serving prison sentence at Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas
Charlette Blubaugh won’t be spending the next four-plus years in camp. Blubaugh, former associate athletics director for ticket operations at Kansas Athletics Inc., started her 57-month prison term last week in a Texas prison for her role in a scheme to steal and resell tickets to regular-season games for football and men’s basketball.
Prosecutor: No evidence Lew Perkins ‘knowingly participated’ in KU's cash-for-tickets scheme
Federal prosecutors say they don’t anticipate filing any more criminal charges connected with a five-year ticket-stealing scheme that cost Kansas Athletics Inc. at least $2 million.
KU, U.S. Attorney focus on recovering money lost in cash-for-tickets scam
Now that former Kansas Athletics Inc. employees are headed to prison for their roles in a $2 million scheme to steal and sell Kansas University football and basketball tickets, the next step for authorities and campus officials dealing with the repercussions is clear.
Ex-KU athletics official Ben Kirtland sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for role in ticket scam
The man who led fundraising for Kansas Athletics Inc. for more than five years is headed to prison for his role in a ticket-selling scheme that drained at least $2 million from the department and cost some donors opportunities for the seats they deserved at Allen Fieldhouse.
Judge restrains former KU associate athletic director Ben Kirtland and ex-wife from transferring property
Property involved in the divorce case of a former Kansas University athletic administrator — a former associate athletic director awaiting sentencing for his role in a ticket-stealing scheme — cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise assigned, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Kansas Athletics collects insurance on theft claim in ticket scandal
Kansas Athletics Inc. has recovered nearly $340,000 in losses from a tickets scandal that cost the department at least $2 million.
Former associate athletics director Ben Kirtland settles with Kansas Athletics in tickets scheme, awaits sentencing
The highest-ranking onetime Kansas Athletics Inc. employee convicted in a tickets scam that cost the department at least $2 million has repaid $63,000 to the department.
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KU chancellor addresses ticket scandal September 16, 2010
Judge delays sentencing in KU ticket scandal September 10, 2010
Second former KU employee pleads guilty July 15, 2010
Plea entered in KU ticket scandal trial July 14, 2010
Prison sentence begins in ticket scandal case July 8, 2010
Guilty plea expected from two charged with federal crimes in KU ticket scandal July 7, 2010
KU internal review of allegations to be conducted June 2, 2010
Big 12 talks focus on KU problems June 1, 2010
Board of Regents discusses KU AD future June 1, 2010
KU athletic director may have violated law June 1, 2010
KU athletic director Lew Perkins victim of blackmail May 30, 2010
KU Endowment officials say ticket scandal shouldn't prevent donations May 28, 2010