Craig Carton, the former co-host of WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton,” was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison Friday, after being convicted of operating a fraudulent ticket selling business in November.

Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said Carton, and his co-conspirator Joseph Meli, were able to secure millions of dollars from investors for their purported plans to buy blocks of tickets to concerts and events they would then turn around and sell at a markup.

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