Florida Man Sentenced for Stealing Sports Camp Tuition

Mehdi Belhassan, convicted on two counts of wire fraud, used the stolen funds for personal expenses including gambling and vacations.

Mehdi Belhassan, 53, of Tampa, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing tuition from hundreds of families planning to send their children to sports camps.
Belhassan was found guilty on two counts of wire fraud in October 2023.
He falsely claimed he would operate MB Sports Camps at a Boston-area college starting in fall 2018, despite lacking the appropriate permits.
Belhassan defrauded a financing company using a fraudulent contract with a forged signature of a college administrator to obtain operating funds for his nonexistent camp.
He was also sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $575,427 and forfeiture of $443,346.