Rezko's Las Vegas Legal Problems

Las Vegas Review Journal reports:

Strip casinos alleging convicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko owes them money will have to wait in line.

Rezko owes approximately $800,000 to Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Bally's for unpaid gambling debts accumulated between February 2006 and January 2007, according to court filings and the local district attorney's office.

Rezko is facing a federal prison sentence after a conviction in June on 16 charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, attempted extortion and money laundering in a political corruption case in Chicago.

A federal trial is scheduled to begin next year on charges he swindled General Electric Capital Corp. out of $10 million in the sale of Papa John's Pizza stores in Chicago and Milwaukee.

The casinos and local authorities, however, will need to wait until the jurisdiction that has custody of Rezko finishes its legal proceedings before they can take legal action on the gambling debts, Clark County District Attorney David Roger said.

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