Former MLB star Richard Butler and his wife Michelle have been charged over an alleged youth baseball fraud worth $60,000.
The Canadian played for both the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Devil Rays during a brief career in the major leagues in the late 1990s.
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Now, though, he is accused of amassing thousands of dollars for a youth baseball training program that never materialized.
According to police, families paid fees – totaling around $60,000 – to enroll their kids the 2025-2026 Ontario Devil Rays baseball training program.
But the authorities claim that funds paid to a bank account linked to the organization ‘were subsequently transferred to other accounts associated with the suspects.’
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Then, in October 2025, families learned via email ‘that the business was being dissolved due to financial hardship and claiming bankruptcy,’ police say.

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Ex-MLB star Richard Butler and his wife Michelle have been charged over an alleged fraud

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The Canadian played for both the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1990s

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Now he is charged with fraud over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and uttering a forged document
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