Chris Gatling Arrested as "Kingpin" in Online Credit Card Scam

[Andrew]

Another player from the 90s runs afoul of the law.

Ex-NBA player Chris Gatling — a former All-Star — was arrested in Scottsdale, AZ yesterday … with cops saying he was the kingpin in a massive illegal credit card and I.D. theft scam.

TMZ Sports has learned … one of Gatling’s alleged victims is a woman he met on a dating website who owned a fitness studio — who he allegedly screwed out of $90,000.

Long story short … cops say Gatling set up Internet businesses to gather credit card information from people.

Once he got the numbers, he would take them to the fitness studio … convinced the lady to run the cards for various dollar amounts (she believed they were legit) … and asked her to front him 90% of the payment in cash.

For example … if the woman ran a $100 credit card charge for Gatling, she would give him $90 in cash and keep $10 for herself.

But cops say the credit card holders never authorized the fitness studio payments and cancelled their transactions — leaving the fitness studio owner in a $90,000 hole … the amount she had given to Gatling in cash.

[shadowgrin]

He does have 1.0 career steals P36, not bad for a PF/C.

[mp3]

I wonder what Rex Chapman's is...

[shadowgrin]

A pathetic 0.9 career steals P36 for a guard, makes sense considering stealing from an Apple store is small time compared to organized fraud and theft.