Via TD Thornton
Louis Attilio Grasso, convicted New York-based mining racing veterinarian, who is scheduled to appear in federal prison on January 24 to begin serving his sentence. 50 month sentence for his admitted role in drug sales in the 2020 racehorse doping conspiracy crackdown, was charged Friday in Pennsylvania with allegations he defrauded $21,646 from a casino over the past week by allegedly conspiring with a dealer in a fraudulent scheme.
According to stories first reported by the Pennsylvania news outlet, the Times meadowder and gaming industry website Casino.org, security officials at the Mohegan Pennsylvania casino in Wilkes-Barre began more closely monitoring a dealer there on December 30 after the discovery.” sudden big win rate” at his table.
Citing court records filed by the Pennsylvania State Police’s Gaming Enforcement Bureau, time meadowder reports that “Jason Richard Kutney, 52, the dealer for the dice board game is responsible for pressing a button at the end of the 30-second clock that allows the customer to place a bet. Kutney pressed the early button, allowing casino patron Louis Attilio Grasso, 66, to see the numbers before placing a bet.”
Time meadowder’s report continued: “State police in court filings said the scheme occurred on December 30, when Grasso won $17,521 and again. [Jan. 5], when Grasso won $4,125. Kutney admitted to pressing a button on the machine before, giving Grasso the benefit of seeing the numbers.
Casino.org added “The surveillance video captured Kutney allegedly hitting the early dice button at least nine times. In the incidents, police said bettors had up to 20 seconds to place their bets even though the dice had been rolled and the winning numbers were displayed on an electronic screen. [table].”
“Police said in an affidavit that Kutney admitted to law officials that he supported Grasso through the difficult time. Grasso refused to speak to police and instead asked for an attorney,” Casino.org reported.
Casino.org reports that Kutney was arrested and charged with three felony counts of receiving stolen property, theft by unlawful appropriation, and conspiracy to defraud, cheat or manipulate the casino, plus with a misdemeanor first degree for intentionally defrauding and/or defrauding a business.
The Luzerne County Court noted that Grasso’s allegations were similar, reporting them in court as “Intentional manipulation/fraud/manipulation to win or minimize damage” without specifying them. is a felony or misdemeanor.
Although the Times Union also reported on Friday that both defendants “was jailed at a county correctional facility for shorting $25,000 in unsecured bail,” neither defendants were named on the list. prisoner book on Saturday afternoon.
In May 2022, when Grasso pleaded guilty in the racehorse doping conspiracy, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District Court issued a press release in which U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said, “In selling illegal drugs and selling prescriptions to corrupt trainers, Louis Grasso has abdicated his responsibility as a medical professional to ensure the safety and health of his children. racehorse that he ‘treated’.”
webpage Sports Litigation Alert reported on December 16,. 2022that Grasso’s doping conspiracy conviction is hardly the first time he’s run into the law or state racing regulators.
“In 1992, Grasso had previously been found guilty by a federal court of selling anabolic steroids and his license to practice medicine for horses was suspended by the State of New York. In 1993, based on Grasso’s plea in New York to three counts of possession and distribution of anabolic steroids, his New Jersey veterinary license in New Jersey was also suspended for five years.
“[In 2000] Delaware authorities suspected Grasso of practicing without a license, and when police tried to arrest him, Grasso led police on a wild car chase. When the police finally stopped Grasso, they found needles, syringes and banned drugs in his car. In 2005, the New York State Racing and Betting Board refused to grant Grasso permission to enter the pari-mutuel mining race as a veterinarian,” Sports Litigation Alert reported.
In addition to his upcoming federal prison sentence for doping, the court also ordered Grasso to pay restitution of $47,656,576 and forfeiture $412,442.
Just before sentencing on November 15, Grasso wrote a letter to the judge asking for leniency because of his health problems and modest finances.
Grasso writes: “I am a physical wreck. “I am not a rich person. I don’t have much money or possessions. I have no savings, I have very little cash… While I don’t have to live by any means, I am incapable of dealing with any catastrophic events in my life.”
Grasso will appear in Luzerne County Court on January 17 for a preliminary hearing on the casino allegations.
