Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Yasiel Puig will plead guilty to lying to federal investigators who were probing an illegal sports gambling operation, prosecutors say.
Yasiel Puig, then of the Los Angeles Dodgers, bats on opening day 2018 against the San Francisco Giants.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.
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. Neither the statement from federal prosecutors’ office nor court documents say that Puig gambled on baseball.The criminal case involved a sports betting operation run by Wayne Nix, who officials said pleaded guilty in April.
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