FROM POKERFUSE.COM 07/23/12
On Monday, Brent Beckley was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his
part in the Black Friday charges levied against Absolute Poker and its
operators. In December of last year, Beckley agreed to plead guilty to
conspiracy to violate UIGEA and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.The guidelines set forth in the agreement called for imprisonment in
the range of 12-18 months, the forfeiture of $300k and a possible fine
up to $30K. In May, District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan questioned the appropriateness of the Sentencing Guidelines
set forth in the plea deal. In Kaplan’s opinion the nature of the
crimes and the dollar amounts involved were not “adequately taken into
consideration by the Sentencing Commission” when formulating the 12-18
months imprisonment recommended in the plea agreement and he believed a
lengthier sentence was in order...
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