Ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig expected to plead guilty in sports gambling case

Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Yasiel Puig will plead guilty to lying to federal investigators who were probing an illegal sports gambling operation,

LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Yasiel Puig will plead guilty to lying to federal investigators who were probing an illegal sports gambling operation, prosecutors in Southern California said Monday.

Puig, 31, will plead guilty to one count of making false statements, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a statement.

That charge carries up to five years in prison, but sentencing guidelines cited in plea agreement documents suggest a sentence of far less than that. Puig will also pay a fine of at least $55,000, the prosecutors’ office said.

Puig was charged and a plea agreement was filed Aug. 29, but the case was unsealed Monday, according to court records. He is due in court Tuesday.

Neither the statement from federal prosecutors’ office nor court documents say that Puig gambled on baseball.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/ex-dodger-yasiel-puig-expected-plead-guilty-sports-gambling-case-rcna57190


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