Two-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring champion Travell Thomas could be facing up to 40 years behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges.
The case was brought to light a little less than a year ago when Thomas, the owner of a debt collection company in Buffalo, New York, was charged along with 14 others in a $31 million fraudulent and coercive debt collection scheme from victims across the United States between 2010 and 2015.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, the man responsible for the Black Friday indictments, unsealed the indictment.