With the 17th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected former Alabama Crimson Tide star linebacker Dallas Turner. Just one year after signing a four-year, $15 million deal, the 22-year-old finds himself the victim of a bank fraud scheme.

Even those who are the best in the world at they do can get got. In an era where internet scamming and identity theft crimes are at an all-time high, Vikings linebacker Dallas Turner also fell victim to a scheme that robbed him of nearly a quarter of a million dollars earlier this year.

Minnesota Vikings edge rusher, Dallas Turner, was revealed to have been scammed by a fraud scheme in a move that cost him $240,000.

Vikings second-year linebacker Dallas Turner reportedly has been involved in a scam that lost him $240,000 when he allegedly wired that money to scammers posing as workers at his bank. While local police in Minneapolis are working to recover all of Turner's money, it's been reported that they've only been able to retrieve roughly $2,500 so far.

A search warrant revealed that Dallas Turner received a call on Feb. 19 from someone impersonating a banker at JPMorgan Chase.

A fraud scheme aimed at Minnesota Vikings linebacker Dallas Turner has cost the former Alabama All-American around $240,000, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported on Tuesday.