Oops; He Did It Again!

[Stuhoo]

[Demo]

Being a Knight-era player may not have been a Powerball win, but that was a good, solid winning lottery ticket for life. The extent to which that dude F’d it up…I swear.

[Stuhoo]

LEARY TODD CHRISTOPHER was arrested in Hamilton County Indiana. Additional Information:

Indiana legal resources

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Name

Leary, Todd Christopher

Height

6′ 3″

Weight

208.0 lbs

Race

White

Sex

Male

Arrested By

Carmel Police Department

Charges

• Theft where value of property is between $750 & $50k ALL OTHER TYPES of larceny
• Fraud: offense from (a) and amount is at least $750 but less than $50K

[Pagoda]

I am curious what the theft and fraud was related to this time around.

He did the image rehab thing after he got out of jail and he was working at some logistics company.  Sad to see him implode again.

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

I am curious what the theft and fraud was related to this time around.

He did the image rehab thing after he got of jail and he was working at some logistics company.  Sad to see him implode again.

In summary? Fraud scheme to amass investors for an opportunity that did not exist.

[sirhoosierlot]

https://youarecurrent.com/2025/10/10/former-iu-basketball-player-todd-leary-arrested-for-theft-fraud/
 

People that have money are wild. No offense to any of yall that are well off, but eventually I would have stopped paying lmao 

[Stuhoo]

Reasonable to think that Leary has got some habit that he needs to support. Drugs, gambling (most likely), something.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Ganote is a Fox59 morning news anchor/reporter

[OliviaPope40]

4 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Ganote is a Fox59 morning news anchor/reporter

Wow

[AZ Hoosier]

12 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Ganote is a Fox59 morning news anchor/reporter

Wow... déjà vu all over again... there's obviously more to this story.

[Stuhoo]

It's a pretty short money financial crime - borderline coulda been a civil suit. Financial crimes of under $50k that take investigative work usually do not get much traction - there are so many of them and not enough local detectives with financial crimes investigative experience to cover all of those ones that exist. Leary's likely got more attention because he has a financial crimes conviction record, and recidivists likely get a much longer sentence under Indiana sentencing guidelines.

But generally? In my 35+ years of seeing this stuff a financial crime with a loss of under about $250,000 is all but a zero chance of ever getting a federal prosecutive look. And if someone lies to get money but the deal hasn't yet created a loss? That's been quite literally a zero chance of prosecutorial attention from federal or even the newest rookie detective.

[Stuhoo]

16 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Wow... déjà vu all over again... there's obviously more to this story.

Probably not all that much complexity to the story.

Occam's Razor - the most likely explanation is the one that makes the most sense. In this case; the most likely explanation is fairly simple; he needed money for some bad habit like gambling, and lied to get it. 

[jermhoosierfan]

25 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Ganote is a Fox59 morning news anchor/reporter

He had a pretty good grift going on if it is all is true, but sooner or later, if he didn't have a facility or equipment or even a team, he had to know that he would get found out.

[Stuhoo]

Just now, jermhoosierfan said:

He had a pretty good grift going on if it is all is true, but sooner or later, if he didn't have a facility or equipment or even a team, he had to know that he would get found out.

Yeah - so in other words he had a terrible grift; just had some name recognition.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Maybe he can get a part in a re-make.

[Hovadipo]

An astounding amount of people completely lack common sense/the ability to use free search engines. 

[Josh]

If only Leary took that last shot instead of Jamal Meeks we might have hung another banner.  Stupid TV teddy.  That game still pisses me off royally.

Oh and this thing sucks too.

[Brass Cannon]

3 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

An astounding amount of people completely lack common sense/the ability to use free search engines. 

I wouldn’t hand 500 dollars to somebody without googling them. This is mind boggling 

[AZ Hoosier]

3 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

I wouldn’t hand 500 dollars to somebody without googling them. This is mind boggling 

Agreed. One can argue that people (the “victims”) must be ignorant, but guys like Leary prey on the gullible. I have no sympathy for repeat offenders, especially in financial fraud cases. Can’t help but think that Leary knew exactly what he was doing. It's truly a shame that he was ever a part of the Indiana basketball program.

[Old Friend]

9 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Probably not all that much complexity to the story.

Occam's Razor - the most likely explanation is the one that makes the most sense. In this case; the most likely explanation is fairly simple; he needed money for some bad habit like gambling, and lied to get it. 

My thoughts exactly.  My guess is a gambling problem.