Former Jacksonville Jaguars employee Amit Patel has been accused of stealing over $22 million from the franchise over a four-year span, according to court documents filed in Jacksonville’s U.S. District Court and as first reported by The Athletic.
“Patel is listed in the Jaguars’ media guides from 2018-2022. His titles during those years were coordinator, financial planning and analysis, and then manager, financial planning and analysis. The court filing states that he was fired in February 2023.
“His authority over the VCC program enabled Patel to, beginning in September 2019, allegedly make fraudulent transactions.