Charge stems from bets on sporting events placed with an illegal gambling operation, according to documents.
LOS ANGELES — Former Dodger Yasiel Puig has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge for lying to federal officials about bets on sporting events that he placed with an illegal gambling operation, according to court documents unsealed today.
Puig, who also played for two other Major League Baseball franchises, is expected to make his initial appearance Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court. According to his plea agreement, Puig began placing bets on games in May 2019 through an unidentified man who worked on behalf of an illegal gambling business run by Wayne Nix, 46, of Newport Coast.In January 2022, federal investigators interviewed Puig in the presence of his lawyer. During the interview, despite being warned that lying to federal agents is a crime, Puig lied several times, including when he said that he never discussed gambling with the bookie, according to the U.S.
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