{"id":57144,"date":"2024-08-01T12:12:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57144"},"modified":"2024-08-01T12:12:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:12:52","slug":"man-admits-to-running-illegal-sports-betting-business-with-more-than-700-bettors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57144","title":{"rendered":"Man Admits to Running Illegal Sports-Betting Business With More Than 700 Bettors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1530 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/>An Orange County man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for running an illegal gambling business with hundreds of betters<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Mathew R. Bowyer took in unlawful sports bets, including from then-current and former professional athletes as well as a former Major League Baseball (MLB) Japanese-language interpreter currently facing prison time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bowyer, 49, of San Juan Capistrano, has agreed to plead guilty to operating an unlawful gambling business, money laundering, and subscribing to a false tax return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bowyer is expected to plead guilty to the charges on August 9. He is facing up to 18 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/three-white-baseballs-on-gray-textile-stockpack-unsplash-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-57146\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/three-white-baseballs-on-gray-textile-stockpack-unsplash-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"three white baseballs on gray textile\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/three-white-baseballs-on-gray-textile-stockpack-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/three-white-baseballs-on-gray-textile-stockpack-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/three-white-baseballs-on-gray-textile-stockpack-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/three-white-baseballs-on-gray-textile-stockpack-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/three-white-baseballs-on-gray-textile-stockpack-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/three-white-baseballs-on-gray-textile-stockpack-unsplash-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to his plea agreement, Bowyer operated an unlicensed and illegal bookmaking business that focused on sports betting and violated a California law that prohibited bookmaking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bowyer\u2019s gambling business remained in operation for at least five years until October 2023 and, sometimes, had more than 700 bettors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He operated this business out of various locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties, as well as in Las Vegas. Bowyer also employed agents and sub-agents, including casino hosts, who worked for his illegal gambling business and were paid a portion of the losses that bettors incurred. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>His unlawful business used several Costa Rica-based websites and a call center so agents and customers could place and track bets. At times, Bowyer operated his illegal business while gambling at a casino\u2014identified in court documents as \u201cCasino&#8221;A&#8221;\u2014and sometimes paid his agents commission in Casino A chips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of Bowyer\u2019s clients was Ippei Mizuhara, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/orange-county-man-agrees-plead-guilty-illegally-transferring-nearly-17-million-mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0on June 4 to one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return. Mizuhara was the Japanese-language interpreter and de facto manager of MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Mizuhara admitted to stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts and failing to pay tax on his gambling income. Law enforcement considers Ohtani a victim. Mizuhara\u2019s sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41105 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"West Virginia Woman Took Top Secrets, Committed Kidnapping\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>From September 2021 to January 2024, Mizuhara placed at least 19,000 bets on Bowyer\u2019s illegal gambling business through one of the betting websites Bowyer used for it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During this period, Mizuhara had total winning bets of at least <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">$142,256,769, and total losing bets of at least $182,935,206, leaving Mizuhara owing approximately $40,678,436. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On a regular basis during this period, Bowyer would increase Mizuhara\u2019s betting limits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">From February 2022 to January 2024, Bowyer directed Mizuhara to transfer at least $16.25 million from his illegal gambling business into Bowyer-controlled bank accounts. Of this amount, Bowyer transferred or directed the transfer of at least $9.3 million to a casino via wire transfers as payment for markers for himself and his associates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bowyer&#8217;s clients included \u201cIndividual B,\u201d a professional baseball player for a Southern California team, and \u201cIndividual C,\u201d a former minor-league baseball player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2717 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-95x64.jpg 95w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/>In his plea agreement, Bowyer admitted to knowingly and willfully underreporting his taxable income to the IRS for the year 2022. He reported a total income of $607,897, but his actual income was $4,030,938, which included $3.8 million in unreported wire transfers from his illegal gambling business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As a result of the false information Bowyer provided, he owes additional taxes of $1,613,280 for the tax year 2022, not including interest and penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Upon pleading guilty, Bowyer faces up to 10 years in federal prison on the money laundering count, up to five years in federal prison for the unlawful gambling business count, and up to three years in federal prison for the false tax return count.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As part of his plea agreement, Bowyer will forfeit $257,923 in U.S. currency and $14,830 in casino chips seized by law enforcement in October 2023. He also has agreed to fully cooperate with federal prosecutors and investigators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">IRS Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations are investigating this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2245897066MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachel N. Agress and Assistant U.S. Attorney Dominique Caamano of the Environmental Crimes and Consumer Protection Section are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES An Orange County man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for running an illegal gambling business with hundreds of betters \u00a0\u00a0 Mathew R. 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