{"id":5135,"date":"2026-07-21T22:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:06:27","slug":"sbi-warrant-reveals-greater-carolina-group-spent-money-on-panthers-vacations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5135","title":{"rendered":"SBI warrant reveals Greater Carolina group spent money on Panthers, vacations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spending revealed in a State Bureau of Investigation search warrant is the latest evidence made public in a criminal investigation that began with accusations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article288109635.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">drunken lawmakers on a Kentucky bourbon tour in 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5134\">Inside NC State basketball\u2019s summer practice: What is coach Justin Gainey\u2019s focus?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The group Greater Carolina hosted that trip. A July 1 warrant, issued by a judge at the request of the SBI, was seeking to find out more about what else the conservative, free-market group spent its money on, from payments to the Carolina Panthers, to a weeklong stay at a vacation rental in Emerald Isle, to purchases from two companies that own strip clubs.<\/p>\n<p>WRAL-TV first reported the warrant seeking records on Greater Carolina\u2019s bank account, which is at a Fidelity bank in Fuquay-Varina. The SBI investigation is looking for violations of the State Ethics Act and State Lobbying Act, \u201cbut we will go wherever the evidence leads us,\u201d Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/article314772529.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">told The News &amp; Observer in February, when the investigation began<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article315499999.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">Four lobbyists were indicted<\/a> in April, The News &amp; Observer previously reported. A grand jury said they violated state restrictions on gifts to state lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5132\">Data centers are aiming for North Carolina. What would that mean locally?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The records sought in the latest warrant \u201cmay be evidence of conduct and activities constituting the crime of Obtaining Property by False Pretense by individuals associated with Greater Carolina,&#8221; an SBI agent wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Here are key aspects of the warrant:<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the purchases made on Greater Carolina\u2019s American Express credit card:<\/p>\n<p>Those purchases were made using a credit card assigned to David Coble, who was listed as the group\u2019s treasurer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article312591138.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">Coble is a Mooresville businessman,<\/a> former town commissioner and ally of Saine who has appeared on his radio show.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5129\">\u2018Black buildup\u2019 and \u2018pink slime\u2019 at Durham chain restaurant: latest inspections<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">July 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An SBI search warrant seeks Greater Carolina records in Fuquay-Varina amid an investigation into lobbying, ethics violations and spending in North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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