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Marty Brickey makes his case for innocence in a $14.5 million alleged fraud scheme. He called a news conference June 6 at University Plaza.SBJ photo by GEOFF PICKLE
Marty Brickey makes his case for innocence in a $14.5 million alleged fraud scheme. He called a news conference June 6 at University Plaza.

SBJ photo by GEOFF PICKLE

Man accused of $14.5M fraud ‘incredibly looking forward to trial’

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A video game businessman and former Christian County reserve deputy sheriff accused of a $14.5 million fraud scheme made his case for innocence during a news conference held Tuesday.

Marty Brickey was charged in May 2015 in a 30-count federal indictment of wire fraud, money laundering and failing to pay employment taxes related to the development or marketing of videos games.

After what Brickey calls six years of bullying by the U.S. Department of Justice related to the alleged fraud scheme, he’s preparing for trial this January represented by Springfield-based Carver, Cantin and Mynarich LLC. 

“We’re looking incredibly forward to trial,” Brickey said, speaking at a news conference he called at University Plaza. 

Before members of the media, Brickey said multiple times the federal government does not have all the facts in the case. Describing the accusations against him as “asinine,” he said the Justice Department took a small-town approach to what amounts to an international case. 

His video game companies included Interzone Entertainment LLC with offices in Springfield, Chicago, Australia, Brazil and China before it ceased operations in February 2010; Big Collision Games LLC that operated in Texas and in Dublin, Ireland; and MasterTitle Games Inc. and Spectacle Games set up in Austin, Texas. Brickey also held ownership in Zoonik USA Inc. and Studio Avenue Inc., among others. 

Brickey said his legal team has built a strong case that will “humiliate” the federal government. 

“They’re going to get absolutely zero from this,” he said. 

Brickey also addressed his relationship with former Christian County Sheriff Joey Kyle, who in May 2015 pleaded guilty to embezzling county funds and laundering the proceeds of a political supporter’s investment fraud scheme. In his guilty plea, he admitted to receiving $21,350 for his role in promoting an investment fraud scheme led by another person, identified as Subject No. 2 in court documents.

On Tuesday, Brickey admitted he was the Subject No. 2 listed in court documents, but he distanced himself from Kyle, saying the allegations relating the two were unsubstantiated. Brickey, who claims he often lent Kyle money as a friendly gesture, said the Justice Department has tried to falsely connect him to Kyle’s crimes. 

Further, Brickey said he’s offered to open up his books to the government on multiple occasions to debunk their allegations. He claims they have refused. 

“I don’t think they want to be proved wrong,” he said. “I think that their actions are tyrannical, but I don’t think they’re tyrants.” 

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