Ex-Utah exec gets 3 months in NY poker case

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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge said he was “extremely lenient” Wednesday when he sent a Utah banker who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor to prison for three months for his role in an Internet poker prosecution that shut down the U.S. operations of three card-dealing companies.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan told John Campos that he might not have made much money personally by letting his St. George, Utah, bank process gambling proceeds but it was a “greed-driven crime” nonetheless.

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