there’s momentum to change that<\/a>, perhaps as soon as this year. Four of the five states Ohio borders \u2013 Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia \u2013 permit sports betting.<\/p>\nSpeaking of Real Estate<\/h2>\n
Court documents don’t mention any effort to seize real estate owned by Crowe. But the ex-MLB player recently purchased a home for $3.225 million in the Phoenix area. His ties to that region stem from playing college ball at the University of Arizona. The price of that home is about twice Crowe’s pre-tax combined MLB earnings.<\/p>\n
The US Attorney\u2019s Office says Crowe purposefully misstated his 2015 income by not including earnings from the illegal gambling business.<\/p>\n
If true, that’s a violation of Title 26, US Code, Section 7206(1). Sentences for one count of federal tax evasion can carry prison terms of up to five years and financial penalties of as much as $250,000 for individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trevor Crowe — who spent parts of four seasons with two Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises — was charged Wednesday in the Northern District of Ohio on one count of income tax evasion stemming from his purported role in an illegal gambling enterprise. Last year, an Ohio grand jury handed down an indictment containing charges […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":140733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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