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Former sports radio personality Marty Tirrell indicted again on new fraud charges
Former sports radio trailblazer Marty Tirrell has done it again, federal prosecutors allege.
The once-prominent radio talk show host and self-described "Mouth of the Midwest" was sentenced in 2021 to nearly 3 ½ years in federal prison, after pleading guilty to mail fraud for encouraging investors to give him money for a luxury ticket-flipping scheme, which he then used for personal expenses and gambling. He was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution.
He was arrested again Oct. 20 on new federal wire fraud charges. The indictment, filed Oct. 16, alleges that once again, Tirrell encouraged investors to give him money for a luxury ticket-flipping scheme, which he used for personal expenses and gambling. The four victim investors listed in the indictment lost more than $1.5 million between them, prosecutors say.
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Former Des Moines radio host faces 11 counts in $1.5M wire fraud scheme
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man received an 11-count indictment for wire fraud last week after he allegedly defrauded four individuals, who lost $1.5 million combined.
According to court documents, 65-year-old Martin James Tirrell, known to some as the "Mouth of the Midwest" for his role as a host of sports talk radio shows on 1460 KXNO and 1700 The Champ, was arrested on Monday. He was on supervised release for a 2019 mail fraud conviction when the arrest took place.
This time around, Tirrell allegedly "portrayed himself as having connections within the sports and entertainment industries, thereby enabling him to have access to tickets to highly popular sporting events and concerts," along with additional resale avenues where he could "re-sell tickets for high demand events at a substantial profit."