FROM THE AP: Jeff D' Ambrosia, a.k.a. Jeff Allen, 42, of Henderson, Nevada was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to five years in prison for gambling and tax con-victions and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000,000 in connection with an illegal offshore Internet gambling operation.
Jeff D'Ambrosia Allen was a featured handicapper each week on Jim Feist's popular football handicapping program Beat the Las Vegas Pros.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb also sentenced Duane Pede, 52, of Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, a.k.a. Sam Razor Sharp, Mike Wynn, and Dr. Vegas to five years in federal prison and also was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000,000. The two men, who pled guilty in a publicized arraignment in front of U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb.
An unindicted co-conspirator of D'Ambrosia and Pede was former N.F.L. QB Dan Pastorini who was placed on 3 year's probation but did not receive any jail time for his part as a front man in D'Ambrosia and Pede's various schemes.
Jeff D'Ambrosia Allen was a featured handicapper each week on Jim Feist's popular football handicapping program Beat the Las Vegas Pros.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb also sentenced Duane Pede, 52, of Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, a.k.a. Sam Razor Sharp, Mike Wynn, and Dr. Vegas to five years in federal prison and also was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000,000. The two men, who pled guilty in a publicized arraignment in front of U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb.
An unindicted co-conspirator of D'Ambrosia and Pede was former N.F.L. QB Dan Pastorini who was placed on 3 year's probation but did not receive any jail time for his part as a front man in D'Ambrosia and Pede's various schemes.
