A part-time actor who has claimed to be the inspiration for HBO’s Ballers was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for soliciting investors in companies that marketed a bogus cure for COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic.
Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 57, of Huntington Beach, California, who was convicted in May of 11 counts of wire fraud, was handed the sentence on Monday and ordered to pay a $25,000 fine, the U.S. The Department of Justice said in a news release.
