Post by pavel on Mar 17, 2016 22:38:12 GMT -6
Buddhist monk admits misusing Lafayette temple’s money for gambling forays to Louisiana casinos
A Buddhist monk accused of using a Lafayette temple’s money to fund a gambling habit pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court and will be sentenced on June 27.
Khang Nguyen Le, the 38-year-old former presiding monk of the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Southwest Louisiana Inc., pleaded guilty before Judge Patrick Hanna in Lafayette to one count of wire fraud.
He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, up to $250,000 in fines, three years of supervised release and an order to repay the temple its money. Judge Donald E. Walter will sentence Le in Shreveport.
Le’s plea is an admission that he withdrew the temple’s cash from an ATM at Baton Rouge’s L’Auberge Casino, including one $4,280 withdrawal that caught the attention of the federal government, according to the factual stipulations of Le’s plea presented in court.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/15221669-78/buddhist-monk-admits-misusing-lafayette-temples-money-for-gambling-forays-to-louisiana-casinos
A Buddhist monk accused of using a Lafayette temple’s money to fund a gambling habit pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court and will be sentenced on June 27.
Khang Nguyen Le, the 38-year-old former presiding monk of the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Southwest Louisiana Inc., pleaded guilty before Judge Patrick Hanna in Lafayette to one count of wire fraud.
He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, up to $250,000 in fines, three years of supervised release and an order to repay the temple its money. Judge Donald E. Walter will sentence Le in Shreveport.
Le’s plea is an admission that he withdrew the temple’s cash from an ATM at Baton Rouge’s L’Auberge Casino, including one $4,280 withdrawal that caught the attention of the federal government, according to the factual stipulations of Le’s plea presented in court.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/15221669-78/buddhist-monk-admits-misusing-lafayette-temples-money-for-gambling-forays-to-louisiana-casinos