{"id":3646,"date":"2026-06-11T03:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/news\/bell-bank-fraud\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:48:17","slug":"bell-bank-fraud","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/bell-bank-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u306e\u8056\u5730\u30672.84\u5104\u30c9\u30eb\u50b5\u5238\u8a50\u6b3a\u2014\u2014\u7d4c\u55b6\u9663\u306b\u5b9f\u5211\u3001\u88ab\u5bb3\u8005\u56de\u53ce1%\u672a\u6e80"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u7c73\u53f8\u6cd5\u5f53\u5c40\u306f2026\u5e742\u6708\u3001\u30a2\u30ea\u30be\u30ca\u5dde\u30e1\u30b5\u306e\u5927\u578b\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u65bd\u8a2d\u300c\u30d9\u30eb\u30fb\u30d0\u30f3\u30af\u30fb\u30d1\u30fc\u30af\u300d\u3092\u5de1\u308b\u7d042\u51048,400\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\uff08\u7d04450\u5104\u5186\u30011\u30c9\u30eb159\u5186\u63db\u7b97\uff09\u306e\u5730\u65b9\u50b5\u8a50\u6b3a\u4e8b\u4ef6\u3067\u3001\u9996\u8b00\u8005\u306b\u7dcf\u984d2\u51042,826\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u306e\u8ce0\u511f\u547d\u4ee4\u3092\u4e0b\u3057\u305f\u3002\u8907\u6570\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc\u3092\u8a98\u81f4\u3057\u305f\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u62e0\u70b9\u304c\u3001\u865a\u507d\u306e\u5951\u7d04\u66f8\u3067\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6\u3092\u6b3a\u3044\u305f\u8a50\u6b3a\u306e\u821e\u53f0\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3053\u3068\u304c\u78ba\u5b9a\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_1\"><strong>Prison Time for the Father-Son Operators, a Restitution Order of $228.26 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id=\"index_2\"><strong>\u5730\u65b9\u50b52.84\u5104\u30c9\u30eb\u3092\u96c6\u3081\u305f\u65bd\u8a2d\u306e\u5b9f\u614b<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u65bd\u8a2d\u306f2020\u5e748\u6708\u30682021\u5e746\u6708\u306b\u767a\u884c\u3057\u305f\u5730\u65b9\u50b5\u3067\u7d042\u51048,400\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u3092\u8abf\u9054\u3057\u30012022\u5e741\u6708\u306b\u958b\u696d\u3057\u305f\u3002\u521d\u5e74\u5ea61\u5104\u30c9\u30eb\u306e\u53ce\u76ca\u3092\u898b\u8fbc\u3093\u3067\u3044\u305f\u304c\u3001\u958b\u696d\u304b\u30899\u30ab\u6708\u5f8c\u306e2022\u5e7410\u6708\u306b\u50b5\u5238\u304c\u30c7\u30d5\u30a9\u30eb\u30c8\u30022023\u5e745\u6708\u306b\u306f\u904b\u55b6\u4f1a\u793e\u304c\u7834\u7523\u3092\u7533\u8acb\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5efa\u8a2d\u8cbb\u306f\u7d043\u5104\u30c9\u30eb\u306b\u9054\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001\u5f8c\u306e\u58f2\u5374\u984d\u306f2,600\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u3092\u4e0b\u56de\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<h3>\u865a\u507d\u306e\u5951\u7d04\u66f8\u3067\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6\u3092\u6b3a\u304f<\/h3>\n<p>\u7c73\u8a3c\u5238\u53d6\u5f15\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\uff08SEC\uff09\u306b\u3088\u308c\u3070\u3001\u30df\u30e9\u30fc\u7236\u5b50\u306f\u7af6\u6280\u56e3\u4f53\u304b\u3089\u306e\u4eee\u5951\u7d04\u66f8\uff08LOI\uff09\u3092\u507d\u9020\u3057\u3001\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6\u5411\u3051\u8cc7\u6599\u306b\u5b9f\u7e3e\u3092\u8a18\u8f09\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002\u4e2d\u306b\u306f\u56e3\u4f53\u5074\u304c\u7121\u65ad\u3067\u540d\u524d\u3092\u4f7f\u308f\u308c\u3066\u3044\u305f\u30b1\u30fc\u30b9\u3084\u3001\u7f72\u540d\u305d\u306e\u3082\u306e\u3092\u507d\u9020\u3057\u305f\u30b1\u30fc\u30b9\u3082\u3042\u3063\u305f\u3068\u3055\u308c\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_3\"><strong>The Full Picture of the Damages and Recovery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Amount (US dollars)<\/th>\n<th>Yen equivalent (159 yen)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Total Raised in Municipal Bonds<\/td>\n<td>About $284 million<\/td>\n<td>About 45.1 billion yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Construction Cost<\/td>\n<td>About $300 million<\/td>\n<td>About 47.7 billion yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Facility Sale Price<\/td>\n<td>Under $26 million<\/td>\n<td>Under about 4.1 billion yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Investor Recovery<\/td>\n<td>Under $2.5 million<\/td>\n<td>Under about 400 million yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Finalized Restitution Order<\/td>\n<td>$228.26 million<\/td>\n<td>About 36.3 billion yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u8ce0\u511f\u547d\u4ee4\u304c\u78ba\u5b9a\u3057\u3066\u3082\u3001\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6\u304c\u5b9f\u969b\u306b\u56de\u53ce\u3059\u308b\u898b\u8fbc\u307f\u306f\u6975\u3081\u3066\u4f4e\u3044\u3002\u88ab\u5bb3\u8005\u304c\u53d7\u3051\u53d6\u308c\u305f\u984d\u306f\u62e0\u51fa\u984d\u306e1\uff05\u306b\u3082\u5c4a\u3044\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_4\"><strong>\u7af6\u6280\u3068\u8a50\u6b3a\u306f\u5225\u2014\u2014\u305f\u3060\u3057\u30cf\u30b3\u30e2\u30ce\u6295\u8cc7\u306b\u8b66\u544a<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u65bd\u8a2d\u306fAPP\u30e1\u30b5\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u3001MLP\u306e\u56e3\u4f53\u6226\u3001PPA\u30ab\u30fc\u30d0\u30ca\u30fb\u30e1\u30b5\u30fb\u30a2\u30ea\u30be\u30ca\u30ab\u30c3\u30d7\u306a\u3069\u4e3b\u8981\u5927\u4f1a\u3092\u5b9f\u969b\u306b\u958b\u50ac\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u5c02\u9580\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2\u306f\u7af6\u6280\u305d\u306e\u3082\u306e\u306e\u4fe1\u983c\u6027\u3068\u306f\u5207\u308a\u96e2\u3059\u8ad6\u8abf\u304c\u76ee\u7acb\u3064\u3002\u4e00\u65b9\u3067\u3001\u6025\u6210\u9577\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u306e\u300c\u7bb1\u7269\u6295\u8cc7\u300d\u306b\u6f5c\u3080\u30ea\u30b9\u30af\u3092\u8b66\u544a\u3059\u308b\u58f0\u3082\u4e0a\u304c\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u7c73\u56fd\u5e02\u5834\u3067\u306f\u3001<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/apollo-pickleball-investment\/\">Apollo and Dundon investing $225 million<\/a>-- while wariness of court oversupply and unprofitability is also growing.<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/martinez-courts-shutdown\/\">In Martinez, California, courts were fully closed after just one year<\/a>\u4f8b\u3082\u51fa\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u30cf\u30b3\u30e2\u30ce\u306e\u6301\u7d9a\u6027\u304c\u554f\u308f\u308c\u59cb\u3081\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_5\"><strong>\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306e\u65bd\u8a2d\u6295\u8cc7\u2014\u2014\u8cc7\u91d1\u8abf\u9054\u306e\u900f\u660e\u6027\u78ba\u8a8d\u304c\u8ab2\u984c<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In Japan too, new pickleball-only facilities are opening one after another.<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/osaka-sakai-courts\/\">Western Japan's most courts, 6, were born on a hotel rooftop in Sakai, Osaka<\/a>\u3059\u308b\u306a\u3069\u3001\u5bbf\u6cca\u30fb\u5546\u696d\u65bd\u8a2d\u304c\u7af6\u6280\u62e0\u70b9\u5316\u3092\u9032\u3081\u308b\u52d5\u304d\u304c\u6d3b\u767a\u3060\u3002\u672c\u4e8b\u4ef6\u306f\u3001\u7af6\u6280\u4eba\u6c17\u305d\u306e\u3082\u306e\u306f\u672c\u7269\u3067\u3082\u3001\u305d\u308c\u3092\u62c5\u4fdd\u306b\u3057\u305f\u8cc7\u91d1\u8abf\u9054\u306e\u4e2d\u8eab\u3092\u51b7\u9759\u306b\u898b\u6975\u3081\u308b\u5fc5\u8981\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u793a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_6\"><strong>\u65bd\u8a2d\u306e\u518d\u51fa\u767a\u3068\u696d\u754c\u306e\u5206\u5c90\u70b9<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u30d9\u30eb\u30fb\u30d0\u30f3\u30af\u30fb\u30d1\u30fc\u30af\u306f2023\u5e7412\u6708\u306b\u30d0\u30fc\u30af\u30fb\u30aa\u30da\u30ec\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u30fb\u30d1\u30fc\u30c8\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u304c\u53d6\u5f97\u3057\u3001\u300c\u30a2\u30ea\u30be\u30ca\u30fb\u30a2\u30b9\u30ec\u30c1\u30c3\u30af\u30fb\u30b0\u30e9\u30a6\u30f3\u30ba\u300d\u3068\u3057\u3066\u7a3c\u50cd\u3092\u7d9a\u3051\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002\u65bd\u8a2d\u81ea\u4f53\u306f\u7af6\u6280\u958b\u50ac\u3092\u901a\u3058\u3066\u4e00\u5b9a\u306e\u5f79\u5272\u3092\u679c\u305f\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u4e00\u65b9\u3067\u3001\u304b\u3064\u3066\u306e\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6\u306b\u306f\u56de\u53ce\u306e\u898b\u8fbc\u307f\u304c\u307b\u307c\u7acb\u305f\u306a\u3044\u72b6\u614b\u304c\u7d9a\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_7\"><strong>Timeline of the case<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Timing<\/th>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>August 2020 \/ June 2021<\/td>\n<td>Municipal bonds issued<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>January 2022<\/td>\n<td>Facility opens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October 2022<\/td>\n<td>Bonds default<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>May 2023<\/td>\n<td>Operating company files for bankruptcy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>December 2023<\/td>\n<td>New owner acquires and rebrands it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>September 2025<\/td>\n<td>Prison sentences for the father and son<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 2026<\/td>\n<td>Restitution order finalized<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"index_8\"><strong>\u4f55\u304c\u554f\u308f\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306e\u304b<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u30d9\u30eb\u30fb\u30d0\u30f3\u30af\u30fb\u30d1\u30fc\u30af\u306f\u3001\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u306e\u6210\u9577\u671f\u306b\u751f\u307e\u308c\u305f\u8c61\u5fb4\u7684\u306a\u65bd\u8a2d\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002\u305d\u306e\u5185\u5b9f\u304c\u5de8\u984d\u8a50\u6b3a\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3068\u3044\u3046\u7d50\u672b\u306f\u3001\u6025\u62e1\u5927\u3059\u308b\u7af6\u6280\u3092\u53d6\u308a\u5dfb\u304f\u8cc7\u91d1\u306e\u6d41\u308c\u306b\u51b7\u9759\u306a\u76ee\u3092\u5411\u3051\u308b\u304d\u3063\u304b\u3051\u306b\u306a\u308b\u3002\u65bd\u8a2d\u81ea\u4f53\u306f\u65b0\u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u306e\u4e0b\u3067\u7a3c\u50cd\u3092\u7d9a\u3051\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u7af6\u6280\u306e\u4fa1\u5024\u304c\u640d\u306a\u308f\u308c\u305f\u308f\u3051\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u3002\u554f\u308f\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306e\u306f\u3001\u7af6\u6280\u4eba\u6c17\u3092\u63b2\u3052\u3066\u96c6\u3081\u305f\u8cc7\u91d1\u306e\u900f\u660e\u6027\u3068\u3001\u51fa\u8cc7\u8005\u306b\u3088\u308b\u4e8b\u524d\u78ba\u8a8d\u306e\u91cd\u8981\u6027\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"index_9\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedinkpickleball.com\/from-pickleball-paradise-to-investor-nightmare-inside-the-bell-bank-park-fraud-scandal\/\">The Dink Pickleball<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/sports-park-executives-sentenced-prison-municipal-bond-fraud\">U.S. Department of Justice\uff08SDNY\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been confirmed that \"Bell Bank Park\" in Mesa, U.S., considered a major pickleball hub, was the stage for a roughly $284 million municipal bond fraud. The father-and-son operators received prison sentences, restitution was ordered at $228.26 million, and investor recovery ended at under 2%.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ssp_meta_description":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","pt_pr_sponsor":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[2845,2843,2846,2847,2844],"region":[],"class_list":["post-3646","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-news","tag-2845","tag-2843","tag-2846","tag-2847","tag-2844"],"acf":{"summary":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=3646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}