Las Vegas: Poker player pleads guilty, to be sentenced in bookmaking scheme
Sports Game · 2024-10-18
Las Vegas: Poker player pleads guilty, to be sentenced in bookmaking scheme
A Long Beach, California man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of money laundering and operating an illegal sports-betting operation in the U.S. District Court of Central California.
Damien LeForbes, 43, a professional poker player, on Thursday pleaded guilty to the charges and will be sentenced Jan. 23 in Los Angeles. He faces up to 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $500,000 or twice the gross gain or loss resulting from the offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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