https://wptdownload.com/players/cory-zeidman/ Recent content in Cory Zeidman on WPT Global App Download Hugo en-us Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:35:45 +0000 https://wptdownload.com/news/202403/cory_zeidman_sports_betting_fraud_case_update_will_poker_pro_accept_plea_deal/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:35:45 +0000 https://wptdownload.com/news/202403/cory_zeidman_sports_betting_fraud_case_update_will_poker_pro_accept_plea_deal/ <p>A federal case against poker pro Cory Zeidman for allegedly running a massive fraud scheme involving sports betting appears to be headed to a plea deal.</p> <p>Zeidman, a resident of Boca Raton, Florida, was indicted in May 2022 for holding a &ldquo;leadership role in an organization known as the &lsquo;Phoenix Organization&rsquo; through which he, his co-conspirators and others committed the fraud and money laundering scheme described,&rdquo; the indictment reads.</p> <h2 id="headed-for-a-guilty-plea">Headed for a Guilty Plea?</h2> <p>The longtime poker player, in a 2022 statement to <em>PokerNews</em>, said he wouldn&rsquo;t take a plea deal and &ldquo;I anxiously await my day in court.&rdquo;</p>