Fantasy sports operator fires employee for cheating in high-stakes game
The operator of a high-stakes fantasy football platform fired an Ivy League-educated employee who allegedly cheated for a player by manipulating digital timestamps, the company said Friday.
The operator of a high-stakes fantasy football platform fired an Ivy League-educated employee who allegedly cheated for a player by manipulating digital timestamps, the company said Friday.
The National Fantasy Football Championship, which hosts a slew of games each week, some with six-digit payoffs, said it was tipped off by the podcast Ship Chasing about a time-bending scam that was traced to a now-former worker.
"To see someone puncture that integrity that I have in the industry just hurts so badly," NFFC founder Greg Ambrosius told NBC News on Friday.
"There's nothing more important for a fantasy game than integrity. We have given away $93 million in prize money since 2004 and everyone has been been able to trust us."
Fantasy contests typically involve participants selecting football players from a set number of positions on the field. Contest participants are awarded points for their players in categories such as rushing, passing and receiving yards and touchdowns scored.
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