“These Agents, These Lawyers…Scheming, They Be Lying”: Calvin Darden Jr. Splurges On Luxury After Scamming Former NBA Players Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons Out Of $8M Using Atlanta Dream and James Wiseman As Bait

The life of a wealthy athlete isn’t always glamorous. In the same way that one’s superstardom attracts the adulation of people, it also attracts scammers with nefarious and greedy intentions. Former Houston Rockets star Chandler Parsons, a player with an estimated net worth of $60 million, fell victim to an intricate scam costing him $1 million. All along, he thought he was helping NBA player James Wiseman.& The story is an incredible and ruthless example of how shamelessly hard scammers will go to violate and exploit the trust of the most experienced and financially savvy athletes.& Calvin Darden Scammed Chandler Parsons Out Of $1M In Elaborate Scam Calvin Darden Jr., a businessman from Georgia, was convicted in a New York court for being the brainchild of elaborate scams that gained athletes’ trust and then defrauded them. Chandler Parsons is one of Darden’s victims.& Georgia businessman Charles Darden Jr. was convicted of swindling former NBA players Chandler Parsons and Dwight Howard out of $8M. (Getty Images) Darden’s schemes reportedly targeted elite athletes with big bank. In this particular scheme Darden, who prosecutors describe as a “master manipulator,” was in cahoots with a sports agent to swindle Parsons into transferring $1 million...