US Joins Fraud Lawsuit Against Lance Armstrong

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous Sports' started by markaz, Feb 23, 2013.

  1. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his longtime sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.

    The lawsuit alleges that riders on the postal service-sponsored team, including Armstrong, knowingly violated their postal service agreements by regularly using banned substances and methods to enhance their performance.

    ''Lance Armstrong and his cycling team took more than $30 million from the U.S. Postal Service based on their contractual promise to play fair and abide by the rules - including the rules against doping,'' said U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen, whose office is handling the case. ''The Postal Service has now seen its sponsorship unfairly associated with what has been described as 'the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.''' [More]

    Source: Y! SPORTS
     
  2. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    Here they come Lance...
     
  3. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    Looks like a Chapter 7 or 13 is in Lance's future.
     
  4. CaptainStubing

    CaptainStubing Gave her a Dirty Sanchez

    jail time would be good too ............. defrauding the federal government usually has jail time, doesn't it?
     
  5. TheDuke

    TheDuke Breast Man

    In this instance the Post Office is just a sponsor. It's not the federal government. It wouldn't be defrauding the government.
     
  6. CaptainStubing

    CaptainStubing Gave her a Dirty Sanchez

    actually, the post office is a federal agency owned by the u.s. federal government so technically he defrauded the federal gov't.
     
  7. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    No matter how you cut it, it was taxpayer dollars. So I would think you're messin' with the Feds and a trip behind bars a distinct possibility.