Two Mississippi men who say they lost money to sports talk radio host Scott McKinney in an investment scam said Friday they were glad he pleaded guilty to charges he faced in Florida.
McKinney pleaded guilty to nine counts of theft and one count each of fraud, money laundering and racketeering and will serve up to five years in prison, according to the Northwest Florida Daily News. Sentencing is set for Feb. 24.
A message left for McKinneyat Star Broadcasting in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., where he works, wasn’t returned Friday.
The person answering the phone said he expected him to be back at work Monday.
McKinney, a Booneville native whose show had been heard on some 115 stations from Texas to South Carolina, was accused of scamming investors in the Florida Panhandle of more than $100,000 after he moved there in 2005.
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