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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An agent for six NFL players has been charged with mail fraud as part of an alleged scheme to swindle his clients out of millions of dollars in an investment deal.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vinnie Porter, who is listed as the agent for six players, was arrested and charged along with New York-based financial advisor Joseph Vaccaro on a federal complaint accusing the men of telling their clients they needed $20 million to purchase 50 percent of 13 Burger King franchises located in Virginia.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The actual price for the deal was $16 million, and according to the complaint, Porter and Vaccaro, along with a third person working with the FBI as a confidential informant, would split the extra $4 million and then draw profits off their concealed part of the ownership.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Porter is listed as the agent for New England Patriots&amp;nbsp;tight end Brian Tyms, New York Giants linebacker Devon&amp;nbsp;Kennard and Patriots running back Jonas Gray. However, Porter told The Smoking Gun&amp;nbsp;on Wednesday that Gray recently fired him.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Porter, 35, declined to comment when asked if he told his clients that he had been arrested.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In recordings cited in the court filings, the informant asked Porter and Vaccaro&amp;nbsp;if they were \"cool not disclosing, not telling, lying, whatever you want to call it, about the kickbacks, the structure, anything like that.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Porter is heard on the recordings saying, \"Yeah, we\u2019d all be committing suicide.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pair is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 2, the day after the Super Bowl.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Phil Watson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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