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Puig lied to Feds about gambling

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Not saying what he did was ok but man out of all the things for the Feds to focus on…

1 hour ago, NCsoxfan said:

Not saying what he did was ok but man out of all the things for the Feds to focus on…

The guy he got caught up in this with was  charged with filing a falsified tax return.

Can anyone explain why this is a big deal? Not the lying part, the gambling

21 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

Can anyone explain why this is a big deal? Not the lying part, the gambling

The main guy here was running an unpermitted gambling operation and falsifying reports about his earnings from it to the government. The government cares about tax fraud until you’re rich enough to be better than that.

Puig was brought in to testify about that. With his lawyer sitting next to him, he was asked point blank if he had ever communicated with this person about gambling. He denied it.

The feds then found a ton of gambling related text messages from him to that guy.

Straightforward advice. If the feds call you in as a witness in a case, and your lawyer is sitting next to you, do not lie to them. Especially if you have a digital or paper trail that will prove you lied.

He made a lot of bets leaving a question if he ever bet on MLB games when he was playing. The expansion of MLB gambling could take a dark turn one day.

Edited by pcq

4 minutes ago, pcq said:

He made a lot of bets leaving a question if he bet ever on MLB games when he was playing. The expansion of MLB gambling could take a dark turn one day.

Notably, the statement by the feds does not mention any gambling on baseball. It is quite specific about other sports.

I always disliked Puig. For lack of stronger language that would more accurately describe my...dislikedness...

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