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Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Yasiel Puig pleaded guilty to lying to the United States authorities about sports betting, something that, being an active player in the country, cannot be done. This was announced by himself on Monday the United States Attorney’s office.
As a result, Puig, of 11 years old pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements, charge handing him a sentence maximum of five years in a federal prison within the country. In addition to this, also agreed to pay a fine of at least $55,07, said the Department of Justice about the Cuban.
The Cuban spent six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2019-2019) and is currently deploying his professional baseball in South Korea with the Kiwoon Heroes team, (KBO, for its acronym in English).
Now, going back to his plea agreement, Puig admitted that he placed sports bets through a third party , who worked to him under the name of an illegal gambling business run by Wayne Joseph Nix of Newport Coast, California.
According to authorities,
the Cuban baseball player made a bet from the month of May 2019 until September of 2019, period in which they say that placed hundreds of bets on tennis, soccer and basketball games. In addition, the authorities did not indicate that Puig bet on the baseball, the sport in which he played.
On the other hand or, in March, Nix was charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal sports betting business and one count of filing a false tax return, thus being accused of breaking the law together with Puig.
“In January of 2023, federal investigators interviewed Puig in the presence of his lawyer”, the US attorney’s office said in a statement. “During the interview, falsely stated that he only knew (the third party) about baseball and that he never discussed gambling with him, when in reality Puig discussed sports betting with (the third party) hundreds of times over the phone and via text message. message ”, he added him.
“Under our justice system, no one is above the law,” said US Attorney Martin Estrada. “The integrity of our nation’s criminal justice system depends on people telling the truth, and those who fail to abide by this simple principle must face the consequences.”
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