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Former sports radio host Marty Tirrell faces new federal wire fraud charges after a previous prison sentence for a similar crime.

Prosecutors allege Tirrell took over $1.5 million from investors for a ticket-flipping scheme but used the money for personal expenses and gambling.

Former sports radio trailblazer Marty Tirrell has done it again, federal prosecutors allege.

The once-prominent radio talk show host and self-described "Mouth of the Midwest" was sentenced in 2021 to nearly 3 ½ years in federal prison, after pleading guilty to mail fraud for encouraging investors to give him money for a luxury ticket-flipping scheme, which he then used for personal expenses and gambling. He was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution.

Tirrell, 65, was released in

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