Rather than making a compelling drama, Showtime series Ray Donovan producer Bryan Zuriff is starring in their own crime series, it seems, and it’s not having an extremely happy closing for the distressed Hollywood mogul. Zuriff has now entered a guilty plea with the Southern District Court of New York the Department of Justice arm that indicted Zuriff, along with 33 others, back April of in 2010 for a high-profile Russian mob-spearheaded, organized crime Web sportsbetting and high-stakes poker syndicate ring. The plea ended up being for Zuriff’s indictment on felony gambling charges and had been received by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara a week ago.

Plea Deal and Forfeiture

Specifically, Zuriff’s fees include running an unlawful sports gambling business, transmission of activities wagering information across state lines, and acceptance of economic instruments for unlawful Web gambling; he has only pled guilty, at the time of now, towards the last charge, and might receive up to 5 years into the joint for his role within the international gambling scandal. Moreover, the producer will even have to forfeit half of a million dollars to meet the terms of the feds to his plea deal. He now awaits sentencing on Nov. 25 three times before Thanksgiving and two before the start of (very early) Hanukkah this year so it should be de Read More