Dan Doyle sentenced to 15 years for embezzlement

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former boxing promoter, ex-college basketball coach and founder of a Rhode Island-based sport institute who was convicted of embezzlement has been sentenced to a total of 15 years with seven years to serve and the remainder suspended with probation.

Dan Doyle of the Institute for International Sport was convicted in December of seven counts of embezzlement, one count of obtaining money under false pretenses, five counts of forgery, and five counts of filing a false document.

Prosecutors say the 68-year-old West Hartford resident used the institute as a personal piggybank, taking out money to cover the cost of college tuition, plastic surgery, and wedding expenses for his children.

Investigators say Doyle embezzled approximately $1.14 million from the institute, a nonprofit he founded in 1986.

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