Two-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring winner, Travell Thomas, is attempting to depose prosecutor Preet Bharara, on race charges, in his battle to avoid 40-years in prison over fraudulent debt collection agency scheme.

The double World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) gold ring winner, Travell Thomas, wants to see prosecutor Preet Bharara sent to the rail in his bid to fight charges that could see him playing his poker behind bars for the next 40-years.

The former poker player is one of 15 people who once made a lot of money working for a fraudulent debt collection agency allegedly using ‘coercive’ methods to extract $31m from thousands of victims between Jan 2010 and Nov 2014.

Thomas and his legal team are currently in court fighting the charges and they have announced that they would like a judge to depose Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara because they believe the indictment is ‘racially motivated.’