Federal prosecutors say former WFAN and New Jersey 101.5 radio host Craig Carton should serve between 70 and 87 months in prison for his role in a $4 million ticket brokering Ponzi scheme, according to reports published Friday.

The sentencing memo from Manhattan federal prosecutors came after Carton’s lawyers asked a judge for leniency, citing sexual abuse he suffered as a child and a gambling addiction, the New York Post reported.

“Carton’s childhood trauma does not excuse, or even explain, his actions four decades later in stealing millions of dollars, particularly since, in the intervening years, he has been able to lead a highly productive and successful life,” prosecutors wrote, according to court filings obtained by Newsday.

“Carton’s fraud was not the result of an isolated loss of impulse control or a one-time stumble when faced with purported ‘crushing gambling debts,’” federal prosecutors wrote, the Post reported.

The ex-morning sports talk show star was charged in September 2017 with helping to run a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme where he took money to buy bulk tickets, but instead used the funds to pay off gambling debts.

New York strip club executive Michael Wright, 42, of Upper Saddle River, admitted his part in the scam with Carton and was sentenced to 21 months in prison earlier this month.

Prosecutors said the scammers bilked investors into paying them to buy blocks of tickets for various events and resell them on the secondary market. Carton claimed he had agreements with New York City arenas when no deals existed. Carton and his accomplices instead used the money for their own expenses and to fuel the ongoing scheme.

Noah Cohen may be reached at ncohen@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @noahyc. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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