NHL team owners with criminal history

brachyrynchos

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Back in 1996, John Spano "bought" the Islanders but didn't have any money. Bank and wire fraud got him some federal prison time, 10 years I think.
 
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McGarnagle

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Bruce McNall made his fortune through smuggling then eventually got popped for defrauding banks out of $300 million, forcing him to sell the Kings.
 

nabby12

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Big Bill Dwyer, was an early Prohibition gangster and bootlegger in New York during the 1920s. He used his profits to purchase sports properties, including the New York Americans of the National Hockey League. He eventually was brought down by the U.S. government through legal actions, leaving Dwyer penniless at the end of his life in 1946.
 

Robert Gordon Orr

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What franchise had most owners with criminal history?

Some of the more recent cases (1970s to now) of shady owners that comes to mind.

Paul Greenwood (NY Islanders) – 10 years for fraud

William “Boots” Del Biaggio III (San Jose & Nashville) – 8 years for fraud and forgery

Peter Pocklington (Edmonton) – 6 months for fraud

Bruce McNall (Los Angeles) – 5 years and 10 months for conspiracy and fraud

John Spano (NY Islanders) – 10 years for grand theft and forgery. He had already spent 10 years on two different occasions.

John Rigas
(Buffalo) – 15 years for fraud

Nelson Skalbania (Calgary) – 1 year for fraud/theft

Harold Ballard (Toronto) – 9 years for fraud, theft and tax evasion (served a third of his sentence)

Henry Samueli (Anaheim) - five years probation and a fine for lying to SEC

Sanjay Kumar (NY Islanders) – 12 years for fraud

I posted this in another thread
Convicted criminals in NHL history
 

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