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SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein averted $500K poker compensation, former agency worker testifies
A former worker at SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein’s regulation agency testified Wednesday that Goldstein dodged repaying him for cash invested in his poker-playing exploits. (Picture by Alex Brandon/The Related Press)
A former worker at SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein’s regulation agency testified Wednesday that Goldstein dodged repaying him for cash invested in his poker-playing exploits, based on a narrative by Law360.
The previous agency worker, Paul Napoli of Napoli Shkolnik, mentioned on the former Supreme Court docket lawyer’s federal tax fraud trial he had identified Goldstein since 2000, however it wasn’t till 2017 when Goldstein invited him to spend money on his poker taking part in.
Napoli described Goldstein as a “very sensible and clever” man and mentioned it took lower than 24 hours for him and his accomplice to speculate $500,000, based on Law360.
In keeping with Napoli, Goldstein instructed him to wire the cash to a third-party account, one which prosecutors mentioned belonged to actual property magnate Bob Safai. After an preliminary win that netted the accomplice buyers $90,000, Napoli mentioned he needed the cash again, because it didn’t seem that Goldstein was nonetheless utilizing it for poker by fall 2017, based on Law360.
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