A South Boston man will be sentenced in September after he pleaded guilty to loansharking and gambling charges in federal court in Boston Thursday, part of the same case that led to kidnapping charges against four other suspects, according to the office of US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling.
Tam V. Nguyen, 51, engaged in an illegal gambling business from September 2016 through August 2017, and was a bookmaker who conspired to collect a large gambling debt from a bettor, the US Attorneys office said in a statement Thursday.
In an intercepted telephone call, Nguyen told a conspirator to go ahead and be firm, be firm with him. That will make him afraid and try hard to take care of it. Thats all, according to the US Attorneys office.
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