The document that lists Hennen as a defendant and filed by U.S. Attorney Carolyn Pokorny of the Eastern District of New York stated that Hennen’s proof of guilt is “overwhelming.”
Evidence, witnesses, phone records, financial records, and betting records “confirm that the defendant orchestrated and participated in numerous fraudulent wager schemes” that “resulted in potentially millions of dollars’ worth of illicit profits and money laundering transactions.”
The complaint alleges that Hennen, a convicted felon who’s also been charged with other gambling-related misdemeanors in the past, helped orchestrate the scheme and “used a network of proxies and straw bettors” to place fraudulent bets on Porter and launder the “illicit proceeds.”
It gets bigger
Charges coming
Hennen has yet to be charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering because he’s working out a plea deal.
Three other co-conspirators – Timothy McCormack, Mahmud Mollah, and Long Phi “Bruce” Pham – have also pled guilty to wire fraud conspiracy. Ammar Awawdeh has been indicted by a grand jury for wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery.