Famed Las Vegas sports gambler Billy Walters was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison, following his April conviction in one of the highest profile U.S. insider trading trials in years.
U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan also ordered Walters, 71, to pay a $10 million fine. The defendant is due to surrender on Oct. 10. Walters was accused by federal prosecutors of making more than $43 million in realized profits and avoided losses from 2008 to 2014 based on stock tips from a board member of dairy processing company Dean Foods Co. During the sentencing hearing, Castel called the crime "amateurishly simple," and rejected Walters' request to be sentenced to a year and a day.
"Billy Walters is a cheater and a criminal, and not a very clever one," Castel said. "At this point in life, money was a way of keeping score."
Walters plans to appeal. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York, editing by G Crosse)
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jjgold
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ttwarrior1
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got what he deserves, should prob get more
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RudyRuetigger
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why was my post deleted/
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RudyRuetigger
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Originally posted by RudyRuetigger
why was my post deleted/
oh because this is a new fukkin thread
that should not exist and an infraction to OP
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Rich Boy
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Walters is a greedy old scumbag
How could you possibly need more cash at 71 years old? Goes to show you its not about the money, its the constant feeding of the ego that burns these geezers
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jtoler
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grease lightnin
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Can't believe he thought he'd get away with it.
Not as smart as many thought. But I heard he made his money booking, not betting.
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Philmill
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5 years is a gift in the federal system.....
with good time, halfway house and a program he will be out in 2.5 years
If you sale a 1/4 pound of weed with a gun in your sock you get 15 years
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Rich Boy
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Wonder if 71 year old geezers get ass fcked in prison?
What the line he passes away on the inside. He will probably only be there 44 months max.
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VeggieDog
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$10 million fine. Poor guy. Maybe we should start a gofundme page for him. Or have a car wash or bake sale.
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Grits n' Gravy
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Originally posted by ttwarrior1
got what he deserves, should prob get more
you should be given the death penalty pedo.
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TheMoneyShot
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It's sort of sad in a way.... at 71 years of age... how long do you really have to live?
Insider trading happens a lot! System is so full of sh#$. This has to do with the idea of being involved or... AROUND the sports wagering world several years ago.
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PAULYPOKER
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When is Rudy going to understand that "we all are out to get him"...........
Probably some country club joint, but at his age he could be in trouble.
Sucks how they put him away and all the Wall St FUKKs who screwed the entire world economy in 08, not 1 guy went to jail.
They are back at it again, renaming same old fee heavy BS "investment vehicles".
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nyplayer33
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Terrible.
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nyplayer33
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Latest scam is business cash advance
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slayer14
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He living the best years of his life in a dirty jail when he could have been enjoying his retirement years