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Craig Carton, co-host of WFAN’s Boomer & Carton, has been arrested in $2 million ticket fraud scheme.
On Wednesday, September 6, the 48-year-old Carton was arrested at his Manhattan home by FBI. According to NBC New York, Carton and another unidentified man are accused of running a bogus discount ticket broker business, ripping off investors for millions of dollars.
A spokesman with the U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed that Carton had been arrested and charged with securities fraud and wire fraud.
Carton, a married father-of-four, has co-hosted the popular sports talk show with former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason since September 2007.
Craig Carton Net Worth 2017: $2 Million
Craig Carton, co-host of Boomer & Carton, is worth approximately $2 million.
1990-2007
Carton began his broadcasting career in 1991 at WGR Radio in Buffalo, New York. He moved from Buffalo to WWWE in Cleveland, Ohio in 1992, and later to 610-WIP[5] in Philadelphia. He was a brash weekend host known as “The Kid”. He had filled in on WIP’s Morning Show and was familiar with the Sports Talk/Guy Talk format.
Carton was the first person to break the news story that the Philadelphia Eagles had been sold to Hollywood producer Jeffrey Lurie.
On February 28, 1997, Carton reported Philadelphia Flyers captain Eric Lindros had missed a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 15 due to being hung over, claiming the excuse the Flyers gave for Lindros missing the game was a cover-up. The Flyers immediately sued WIP, resulting in an out of court settlement.
In late 2000, Carton became Scott Kaplan’s replacement on WNEW-FM’s “Sports Guys” morning radio program in New York City. He was a “Sports Guy” for one year. He worked with Sid Rosenberg and Blain Ensley and then just Ensley when Rosenberg left. Carton took the show in a new direction, adding stunts as an on-the-air cockfight and “Pastapalooza”. Carton was also broadcasting live with Ensley on WNEW during the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
2007-Present
In 2007 he was confronted by a Polish Holocaust survivor Paweł Zenon Woś, for propagating anti-Polish stereotypes.
On January 18, 2008, Carton walked the Brooklyn Bridge holding a sign reading “Any Given Sunday” and wearing only a Speedo and New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey jersey after betting the New York Giants would lose to the Dallas Cowboys in the 2008 NFL playoffs.
In 2012, he was the host of SPIKE’s MMA Uncensored Live.
On June 4, 2013 his first book, Loudmouth: Tales (and Fantasies) of Sports, Sex, and Salvation from Behind the Microphone, was released.
On June 6, 2013, Carton launched the Tic Toc Stop Foundation, aimed at wiping out Tourette syndrome.
On September 6, 2017, Carton was arrested by the FBI for fraud.
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