A former Major League Baseball (MLB) player was found guilty by a jury today of lying to federal law enforcement officials about bets on sporting events that he placed with an illegal gambling operation.
Yasiel Puig Valdés, 35, of Miami, was found guilty of one count of obstruction of justice and one count of making false statements. Puig played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Cincinnati Reds, the Cleveland Indians, and professional baseball teams in Mexico and South Korea.
According to evidence presented at a 13-day trial, in May 2019, Puig began placing bets on sporting events through Donny Kadokawa, a sub-agent of the illegal gambling business run by Wayne Joseph Nix, 49, of Newport Coast. Puig…