BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.com
Illegal gambler Teddy Mitchell, who faces sentencing Friday, “would brag ... that everyone from the ‘small to the big' bet with him,” a key witness in the federal investigation recalled.
“Teddy would often allude to the fact that he had prominent figures in the community as close friends and/or betting clients,” the witness, insurance agent Michael Wayne Thomas, said in a 2011 FBI interview.
Mitchell claimed his “best week as a sports bookie” was when he made more than $1 million in net profits off bets lost by his betting clients, the witness also recalled.
An Oklahoma City federal judge is set to sentence Mitchell, 59, on Friday for his role in an illegal offshore Internet business that took bets on sporting events.
U.S. District Judge David Russell also will sentence Mitchell for his participation in a money-laundering conspiracy.
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