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Last January, an Atlanta Hawks finance executive sent what seemed like a routine
request to the team’s accounting department. He asked that the franchise pay o
ff a $229,968.76 American Express bill for a stay at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas
the month before. The Hawks made a detour there for the NBA Cup, where they adv
anced to the semifinals, and Lester Jones, the team’s senior vice president of
financial planning and analysis, wanted the bill paid. A team accountant obliged
.
今年一月老鹰队的一名财务主管向球队会计部门提出了看似例行的请求，他要求球队支付一
笔22 万9968.76美元的美国运通帐单，内容为前一个月在拉斯维加斯永利酒店的住宿费，当
时老鹰队因NBA Cup而前往该地并打进准决赛，而球队财务规划与分析资深副总裁Lester Jo
nes希望帐单能及时支付，一名队内会计也照办了
But there was no stay at the Wynn, according to federal prosecutors, and no bill
for it. It was allegedly part of a yearslong con by Jones to steal money from t
he Hawks, who employed him in their finance department for nearly a decade.
但根据联邦检察官的说法，Jones 根本没有入住永利酒店，也不存在这张帐单，这笔费用据
称是 Jones多年来诈取老鹰队资金计画的一部分，而他在球队财务部门任职将近十年
Jones, 46, of Atlanta, was charged with fraud and embezzling $3.8 million from t
he NBA franchise, according to an indictment brought last week by the U.S. Attor
ney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Evidence of his alleged crim
es was uncovered through a team-backed audit, multiple league sources told The A
thletic.
46 岁、来自亚特兰大的Jones遭控诈欺并侵占老鹰共计380万美元，该起诉由上周美国乔治
亚州北区联邦检察官提出，多位联盟消息人士向《The Athletic》透露，他的涉嫌犯罪证据
是透过球队委托的审计调查发现的
The Hawks, through a team spokesman, declined to comment, as did the U.S. Attorn
ey’s Office.
老鹰队透过发言人拒绝评论，美国检察官办公室亦拒绝回应
Jones pleaded not guilty and was released on $10,000 bond last week. He is no lo
nger employed by the Hawks. An attorney for Jones did not return an email or a v
oicemail request for comment.
Jones上周对指控表示不认罪，并以1万美元交保，他目前已不在老鹰队任职
Jones was in a romantic relationship with another team employee, multiple league
sources said, and he used some of the money he is accused of stealing to buy he
r expensive gifts. The woman, who could not be reached for comment, also no long
er works for the Hawks.
多位联盟消息人士称，Jones 与另一名球队员工有恋爱关系，他被指控使用部分遭盗用的资
金替她购买昂贵礼物，该名女性目前也已离开老鹰队，且无法取得回应。
Jones used his position with the Hawks to build a lavish lifestyle for himself,
prosecutors allege. He controlled the team’s American Express card account and
had the ability to authorize charges, according to prosecutors, authorized multi
ple corporate cards for himself and had the ability to charge sums for others.
检察官表示，Jones 利用自己在老鹰队的职务为自己打造奢华生活，他掌管球队的美国运通
信用卡帐户，并有权核准消费；此外，他替自己办了多张公司信用卡，且能代替他人刷卡消
费
He reportedly used that power to spend on trips to the Bahamas, Hawaii, Thailand
, Switzerland and other countries; paid for a Porsche; and bought tickets to con
certs and other events. Now, he is facing a count of federal wire fraud.
据报导，他利用这些权限支付前往巴哈马、夏威夷、泰国、瑞士等地的旅行费用；替自己购
入一辆保时捷；并购买演唱会及其他活动门票，如今，他面临一项联邦电汇诈欺指控。
Prosecutors allege that Jones went to great lengths to cover up his spending. Th
ey say he changed financial reports to hide his use of the company’s corporate
cards, faked emails to make his transactions seem legitimate and diverted his pe
rsonal spending on those cards to the Hawks’ team operations.
检察官指出，Jones 不遗余力地掩盖他的消费，他被指控修改财务报告以隐藏公司卡的使用
纪录，伪造电子邮件使交易看起来合法，并把个人消费转嫁到老鹰队的营运费用中
When it was time for him to pay the bill from January 2025, prosecutors say Jone
s falsely changed an email from American Express to trick the Hawks into paying
for his personal spending. When he asked a Hawks employee to fill out a reimburs
ement form for $229,968.76, he said the money had been used on “NBA Emirates Cu
p, Tickets, Credentials, Logistics, Room.”
检察官表示，当2025年1月的帐单需要付款时，Jones 窜改了一封来自美国运通的电子邮件
，以欺骗老鹰队替他支付私人消费，他要求一名球队员工替他填写 22 万 9968.76 美元的
报销表时，声称这笔费用是用于“NBA Emirates Cup、门票、证件、后勤、住宿”
The next day, he received a legitimate email from American Express with a bill f
or roughly that amount. He then sent an altered version of that email to coworke
rs in the financial department, according to the indictment.
隔天，他收到了来自美国运通的真正帐单，根据起诉书，他将这封信件修改后再转寄给财务
部门的同事
“At least I know the Wynn’s number is right,” Jones wrote.
“至少我知道永利酒店的号码是对的，”Jones 写道
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