A man who ran a multimillion-dollar sports gambling ring in Denver has been sentenced to 15 months in a federal prison.
U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore also sentenced Kerwin Sande on Monday to three years of supervised release for convictions of illegal gambling and money laundering.
During the three years of supervision, Moore prohibited Sande from owning or controlling a gambling business including an online gambling service, a casino or sports wagering business.
Sande must enroll in a mental health treatment program following his release from prison.
He forfeited $2 million in assets including a which were seized from his Denver home. The luxury cars had hidden lock boxes which Sande used to carry large sums of cash.
Moore recommended that Sande be placed in the Englewood Federal Correctional Institution, which is considered a prison camp.
The names and reputations of the high rollers in his book will remain under wraps, authorities have said.
Prior to starting the operation, Sande filed for bankruptcy in 2001 and moved to Costa Rica, where he eventually registered the website he used to take bets, Play Fast Sports. Beginning in 2008, Sande lived primarily in Denver, but kept a second home in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Sande recruited and entertained bettors on the golf courses of exclusive country clubs. He would mail them golf magazines with $100 bills tucked in between the pages.
One bettor told investigators that Sande once said he would accept $4 million to $7 million of wagers each weekend during football season.
A different bettor reported to Sande in two years.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206, kmitchell@denverpost.com or twitter.com/kirkmitchell, denverpost.com/coldcases
