Former WFAN morning show host Craig Carton was found guilty on all fraud charges he faced in connection to a Ponzi scheme-like ticket brokering scam in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday.

Carton could face as many as 45 years in prison at sentencing, according to The New York Post.

Carton, 49, was arrested Sept. 6, 2017 and charged with helping to run a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme in order to pay off gambling debts. Carton's conviction comes a little over a month after his co-defendant admitted his role in the ticket scam. A third co-defendant had previously pled guilty as well.

Carton, who was one half of the popular "Boomer and Carton" morning show, resigned in September 2017 after he was arrested by federal authorities in a pre-dawn move at his New York apartment.

From The Post:

After less than a day of deliberations, the jury of three men and nine women found Carton guilty on all counts, including securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.

Carton looked straight ahead as the jury read the verdict.

The roughly one-week trial included testimony from hedge fund executives who said they gave Carton millions as an investment in bulk event tickets, including a national tour by Metallica and two Barbara Streisand concerts.

Documents showed that the money instead went off to pay Carton's personal expenses, including his gambling loans.

At the time, Carton was spending big bucks at casinos -- even borrowing money from loan sharks to fund his casino trips, according to witness testimony.

Carton had maintained complete innocence leading into the trial, but his defense admitted in closing arguments that he had lied to investors about how their money would be used, arguing that was not a crime as long as he intended to eventually refund all money to investors.

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