Florida gambling helpline director sentenced to nearly 10 years over $1.4m theft to fund addiction

Philip Sullivan, who sought to rebuild his life after gambling addiction, convicted of stealing from real-estate employerA Florida man who stole more than $1m from his employer to bankroll a gambling problem – before becoming the director of his state’s gambling addiction helpline in trying to make amends – was recently sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.Bay county, Florida, authorities charged Philip Sullivan i…