DraftKings employees have been accused of leaking personal information to a prominent sports bettor as part of an extortion plot, according to a complaint filed in New York.
The complaint, filed in Supreme Court, Queens County, detailed a physical altercation involving a masked man and the anonymous plaintiff, named as “John Doe”, on 30 March 2023 in Long Island City, New York City.
The altercation allegedly saw the man grab, violently spin around, and threaten to kill the plaintiff unless he paid $500,000 to Gadoon “Spanky” Kyrollos, a prominent sports betting influencer.
The filing alleged that unidentified staff in the “upper echelons” of DraftKings knowingly provided the plaintiff’s address, sensitive personal information, financial history, and betting history to Spanky.
