Less than $2.5 million was returned to investors.
Turns out that Rodney “Rocket” Grubbs was just small potatoes to the FBI.
He was merely the tip of the iceberg.
He was just a quick warmup for the main event.
This place is absolutely massive.
It’s 320 acres and has 41 pickleball courts.
But it’s not all just pickleball.
These dudes decided they were just going to build absolutely everything.
That there would never be another sporting event anywhere else in Arizona besides at this massive, massive complex.
Everything is all fun and games when you’re building.
Once that first invoice comes in, however…well that’s a different story.
You start scamming the pickleball community, of course.
They’re not going to realize you’ve swindled the shit out of them for years.
Heck, that even gave these guys enough time to start buying a few cars and properties for themselves.
It had to be a great time for a few years.
Maybe not so much for the next decade or so if they end up getting convicted.
Moral of the story here is that I don’t think pickleball is some gigantic house of cards.
But $300+ million in fraud over the last few months isn’t great.
