Baseball great Lenny Dykstra pleads guilty to federal bankruptcy fraud
Three-time Major League all-star outfielder Lenny Dykstra, who amassed a fortune in professional baseball and financial advising, pleaded guilty Friday to bankruptcy fraud and other federal charges, authorities announced.
Dykstra, 49, pleaded guilty to three felony counts -- bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets and money laundering. As result of the guilty pleas, Dykstra faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
He is currently serving a three-year state prison sentence after pleading no contest to grand theft auto in a separate case.
"Mr. Dykstra's days of playing games with the public and the legal system are over. With these federal convictions, Mr. Dykstra's fraud and deceit have been exposed for all to see," U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. in Los Angeles said in a statement.
full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/13/justice/california-dykstra-guilty-plea/index.html
The top-voted comment: "Let this be a lesson to Americans. If you defraud a bank, then you will go down and do hard time. If, however, you ARE a bank and you defraud the entire nation, then absolutely nothing will happen to you and you will even get a bonus."
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