The D.C. Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the Commanders and the NFL for deceiving district residents. There is a time and a place for it.
The Washington Commanders have been accused of cheating its residents out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in unreturned security deposits for season ticket holders.
Commanders executives engaged in egregious mismanagement and illegal conduct, according to the D.C. attorney general.
The team has been accused of holding onto potential refunds for season ticket holders whose contracts had expired. The team holds almost $200,000 in unreturned security deposits.
The Commanders have been accused of deceiving business practices when it comes to security deposits, making them difficult to receive. They were in violation of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act.
The franchise has not accepted security deposits on premium tickets for more than 20 years and they have not taken deposits for suites over a decade.
In 2004, the team started returning deposits. Management was told to send notices to more than 1,400 customers who held deposits as part of a comprehensive review ten years ago. The team management was told to return security deposits.
According to the lawsuit, Washington only sent the letters to avoid violating the law.
The team engaged an outside law firm and forensic auditors to conduct an extensive review of the team's accounts which found no evidence that the team cheated customers or converted unclaimed deposits to revenue.
The Commanders' financial improprieties aren't the only ones being looked into. The Virginia Attorney General's office opened an investigation in the spring after the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission. The team denied the accusations.
The Commanders are being investigated by the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia.
The Commanders and their owner were accused in a lawsuit of colluding to deceive District residents about an investigation into toxic workplace culture and allegations of sexual assault.
The committee hasn't released the findings of its investigation into the team's workplace culture. Republicans will take control of the House in January, but Democrats can still investigate.
The investigation into the team's workplace culture will not be continued once in power, according to Rep. James Comer, who will be the ranking Republican member on the committee.
Comer said that it was over.
Mary Jo White is investigating on behalf of the league.
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