Hawaii restaurateur sentenced for money laundering

Published May 7, 2014 11:37pm ET



HONOLULU (AP) — A businessman with a chain of Italian restaurants in Hawaii was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison for laundering $1.3 million in illegal gambling funds through his eateries.

Thomas Ky (kee), who owns five Assaggio restaurants in Oahu, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. He previously agreed to forfeit the $1.3 million.

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