Former Jaguars employee spent millions of alleged embezzled money to fund 'life of luxury,' prosecutors say

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Federal prosecutors detailed some of former Jacksonville Jaguars employee Amit Patel's extravagant expenditures. 

Patel is accused of embezzling an estimated $22 million from the NFL franchise. 

Federal investigators allege a significant amount of the money financed a "life of luxury." According to a recent court filing, Patel purchased Tiger Woods' putter from 1996 and spent more than $78,000 on private air travel.

A $275,000 retainer for Patel's attorney, Alex King, was paid with the misappropriated funds, according to the court filing. King asserted his client developed a gambling addiction and, as losses began to mount, he used the fraudulently obtained money to pay off his debt.

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King estimated "99% of the misappropriated funds" were used to subsidize the gambling losses. However, authorities said Patel used approximately $5 million on personal expenses.

Documents showed Patel transferred approximately $20 million to FanDuel and another $1 million to DraftKings. Patel is believed to have spent close to $600,000 on various items from Apple and more than $40,000 at Amazon and Best Buy combined.

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He also moved $5 million from the FanDuel and DraftKings accounts into other personal accounts, the filing stated. 

King's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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