With his long-running illegal gambling operations, Grady Mobley showed utter disregard for the law and compounded the activity by drawing others into his orbit,\u201d Acting US Attorney David Estes for the Southern District of Georgia said in a statement. \u201cThese sentences will hold them all accountable for their actions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Mobley allegedly worked as a bookie for an illegal sports betting operation for at least 10 years in Burke County, Estes said. Initially, Mobley collected bets and paid out winnings, Estes added.\u00a0He later allegedly used a sports betting website based in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n
Defendants Used Legitimate Businesses<\/h2>\n
In 2015, Mobley joined forces with a smaller gambling ring allegedly run operated by Jones. For two years, Mobley cashed checks totaling some $220,000 at his parent\u2019s check-cashing business. It was run out of the Mobley Package Shop in Girard, Ga.<\/p>\n
Also, Cates allegedly put about $250,000 in gambling money through his tire store, Cates Firestone. In addition, Mobley allegedly filed false tax returns.<\/p>\n
Mobley\u2019s greed continued to grow over the years as he operated his illegal gambling operation, eventually recruiting other individuals to take part,\u201d Chris Hacker, an Atlanta-based FBI Special Agent. \u201cTheir greed eventually caught up with them, and now they will suffer the consequences.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Earlier this year, bills were proposed in Georgia to eventually allow legal online sports betting. The state was also weighing bills to eventually permit legal commercial casinos and horse tracks. They failed to get enacted.<\/p>\n
When the Georgia General Assembly reconvenes<\/a> in January 2022, pro-gaming and sports betting<\/a> advocates will try to convince Republican lawmakers to pass measures to allow gambling other than the lottery in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three men must pay over $661,000 in forfeiture and other penalties in connection with a Georgia gambling case. They avoided prison time, but were placed on probation during a sentencing in Augusta, Ga. federal court. Under the sentence imposed last week by Chief US District Judge J. Randal Hall, Grady Brandon Mobley, 44, of Waynesboro, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":183719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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