Federal Judge Helen G. Berrigan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana slammed down the gavel sentencing 79-year-old Frank J. Frabbiele to eight months in prison for his involvement in the operation of an illegal sports gambling business.
Frabbiele paid an undisclosed Costa Rican website to handle wagers from customers going back to 2008 according to Louisiana's State Attorney General.
He was caught after a family member talked about the illegal operation with an FBI agent in July 2014 resulting in Frabbiele's guilty plea on charges of money laundering and violations to the Federal Wire Act.
Frabbiele also had a previous run in with the law when he and his wife were charged with operating yet another illegal gambling business in 1991.
Along with the prison sentence, Frabbiele must also turn over $200,000 to the government.
Shumar4life
9 years ago
Lot of money we are losing on illegal gambling almost in every country in the world. If you have need to gamble please do it in legal bookies or casinos, because they are paying taxes and they employ some people. Of course at the end we will still have this ones, but players must realize what is good for them
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Tomas.White 9 years ago
Amazing sums of money are lying in illegal gambling. It is widespread all over the world and illegal gambling is used for every sport and every possible opportunity is used for getting more and more money. This example is not only one, and if you list newspapers little bit more, you will find many examples like this one....
Amazing sums of money are lying in illegal gambling. It is widespread all over the world and illegal gambling is used for every sport and every possible opportunity is used for getting more and more money. This example is not only one, and if you list newspapers little bit more, you will find many examples like this one. It must end.
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