Former Las Vegas casino executive sentenced to year of probation in bookmaking money laundering case

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and KEN RITTER
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former top executive at Las Vegas Strip casinos has been sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to violating federal anti-money laundering rules. A judge sentenced Scott Sibella on Wednesday in a federal court in Los Angeles, and fined him $9,500. Sibella admitted in January that he allowed an illegal bookmaker to gamble millions of dollars at the MGM Grand and pay off debts in cash. He had faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee took into consideration that the 61-year-old Sibella had taken responsibility for his actions, cooperated with investigators, and had no previous criminal history.