Authorities say Thomas Coelho, a 40-year-old St. Petersburg ticket broker, has left behind a trail of legal and financial carnage in five states.
His latest mess, police say, is right here in Tampa Bay.
Coelho was arrested Thursday on a charge of scheming to defraud, accused of agreeing to sell $115,000 worth of Super Bowl XLIII tickets for a Tampa woman.
Coelho is a prominent supporter of mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons. Just two months ago, Gibbons released a media advisory touting Coehlo’s support.
In fact, Coehlo was such a close supporter of Gibbons, the con man hosted an event for Gibbons’ campaign on March 31st at his restaurant.
What else is there to say other than Gibbons’ campaign manager Nick Hansen sure is a good judge of character.
