Chris Gatling has had his share of problems since leaving the NBA and this isn’t the first time he has gotten arrested, but this is the most creative way.
TMZ Sports has learned … one of Gatling’s alleged victims is a woman he met on a dating website who owned a fitness studio — who he allegedly screwed out of $90,000.
Long story short … cops say Gatling set up Internet businesses to gather credit card information from people.
Once he got the numbers, he would take them to the fitness studio … convinced the lady to run the cards for various dollar amounts (she believed they were legit) … and asked her to front him 90% of the payment in cash.
For example … if the woman ran a $100 credit card charge for Gatling, she would give him $90 in cash and keep $10 for herself.
But cops say the credit card holders never authorized the fitness studio payments and cancelled their transactions — leaving the fitness studio owner in a $90,000 hole … the amount she had given to Gatling in cash.
Fitness studio lady couldn’t have been that bright.
Gatling is in jail on a litany of charges from the scam.