Here's a tale of a friend of Hunter that has a few money problems.
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Fugitive Aspen investor Daniel Burrell was arrested on Nantucket late Friday morning on a warrant out of Las Vegas, where he is alleged to have written a bad check to a casino for $1.5 million, just one day after his island mansion was sold at a foreclosure auction.
Burrell previously had warrants out for his arrest in Pitkin County Colorado for allegedly defaulting on over $75 million in bank loans he used to pay off divorce payments, buy a yacht, and purchase luxury homes. One of those homes was located at 3 B Road on Nantucket, a property that was sold at a foreclosure auction on Thursday for $12,525,000.
Burrel is a friend of and served as
senior advisor to former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry during his presidential campaign in 2004. Burrell also served in former US President Bill Clinton's administration as a member of its Domestic Policy Council from 2000-2001.
The
New York Post wrote a story of his firms ties to Hunter Biden, who served on Rosemont's advisory board .