Lineman Travelle Wharton joined the Carolina Panthers club in the year 2004 as a starter. When he came to know that his identity is being used to trick victims for the purpose of fraudulent investment proposals, he was stunned.

To the media during a press brief Wharton said, “It’s your name, something you work hard for and to keep clean and you have somebody doing this. It’s kind of a shock and you feel violated.”

According to one victim, who is an aspiring music promoter and an adult entertainer, the fake person had promised her to endorse a music act at the CIAA basketball tournament during this year in Charlotte. Police said that the fake football player promised this to the victim for a payment.

The victim also claimed that she met the fraud at the Carolina Place Mall and had given him an amount of more than $5300.

The woman later met the real Wharton at the Bank of America stadium and then she realized that she had been scammed.

With Gross missing at least a game, most likley RG, Travelle Wharton, will move over and fill in for Gross, while Geoff Hangartner takes over for Wharton.  Luckily the Panthers aren’t playing a very difficult defense in Kansas City, but that offensive line will need all hands on deck for the following game against Tampa Bay.  The Panthers also signed tackle Jonathan Palmer to the pracitce squad due to the lack of depth on the offensive line.