Daily News – Professional poker player Vadim Trincher admitted to running a sports book that catered to wealthy gamblers in the United States, Russia and Ukraine.
This soccer bookie to the rich may have booked himself a stay in chez fed.
Vadim Trincher, 52, a professional poker player, copped Wednesday to running a high-stakes sports book that catered to multimillionaires and billionaires in the United States, Russia and Ukraine. He admitted that he took bets, mostly on soccer games, from gamblers in the U.S. and Europe.
He could receive up to 20 years in prison but his plea deal with the feds calls for a sentence of 21 to 27 months.
