Fantasy Football Site Employee Fired After Cheating Scandal Involving $150k Grand Prize

During the Divisional round, the employee is accused of changing Kansas City wide receiver Rashee Rice for Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. The swap occurred after Kelce caught the first of his two touchdowns against the Bills.

Greg Ambrosius, the founder of the National Fantasy Football Championship, detailed the allegations on the NFFC forum page.

“Recently, with help from reporting by a public source, we successfully revealed a post-deadline move in one of our NFFC Post-Season Hold ‘Em contests that was detected and quickly confirmed, resulting in SportsHub being able to take immediate action to resolve the issue without any impact to the results of the contest,” Ambrosius wrote.

Wilson brand footballs with the NFL logo are pictured during the game between the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns at Ford Field on November 20, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

“As a result of its internal investigation, an employee was terminated, and a contest participant has been banned from further play on our platforms.”

Ambrosius stressed the seriousness of the cheating scandal and the threat it poses to the “integrity” of the whole operation.

“Nothing is more important than the integrity of a pay-to-play contest,” Ambrosius told ESPN. “We have built up twenty-plus years of integrity through transparency and everything we’ve done. And by one action, it’s put all of it in question. It’s put me and everybody associated with our company in question.”