The Strange Saga Of ChicagoSportsWebio Continues

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 17, 2009 5:40PM

It's been a strange couple of days for ChicagoSportsWebio and it all culminated with the site shutting down yesterday, according to the Trib's Phil Rosenthal. While the site still looks like it's fully operational, indeed, there is no audio. The drama started when Mike North's complaints about bounced checks got him fired from the site by co-founder David Hernandez. Hernandez was then alleged to have been running a Ponzi scheme and subsequently disappeared, his wife yesterday filing a missing person's report.

This morning, one of Hernandez's attorneys told the Tribune she was contacted by Hernandez who told her that he's staying in a Downers Grove hotel. Police, however, don't buy the story. Sgt. David Bormann told the Trib, "We think he's lying about that. He might just be throwing people off. I doubt he's staying in town." The attorney, Avni Shah, told the Trib her firm has handled transactions for Hernandez in the past but is not connected to the current allegations against him.