Former U.S. Golf Association employee charged with stealing $3.4 million in U.S. Open tickets
In a case of insider theft, federal prosecutors charged a former U.S. Golf Association employee with stealing more than $3.4 million in U.S. Open tickets, reselling them for a profit.
Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Robert Fryer, 39, of Perkasie, PA, was charged by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, four counts of mail fraud, and 10 counts of wire fraud related to a scheme to embezzle and pocket fraudulent proceeds from the unauthorized sale of United States Open Championship (“U.S. Open”) tickets, one of four major championships for golf.