Man Created Fake Football Team and Promised A Full Season, But It Was All A Lie

A man is being accused of forming a fake football team and cheating people out of thousands of dollars, per WSBTV. 
Photo Credit: Jasper County Sheriff’s Office

A man is being accused of forming a fake football team and cheating people out of thousands of dollars, per WSBTV

Deputies in Jasper County, SC, say that 37-year-old Nathaniel Drayton from Ridgeland convinced several people to join a post-graduate football team named the

“Hardeeville Vikings.”

He lied and said he owned the team.

Ridgeland is accused of taking money from the victims by promising them housing, meals, practice facilities, and a full season of football games. However, none of these services were rendered, according to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. 

Authorities reported that Ridgeland arranged hotel stays for the victims and had them stay several days, accumulating a debt of $23,000. Drayton was eventually arrested and charged with two counts of fraud related to a hotel, boarding house, or restaurant and six counts of breach of trust for getting signatures or property under false pretenses.

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