If it wasn’t so serious, it has all the makings of a joke with a hilarious punch line: “So this ex-Casino owner and former NFL player are sitting at a bar sipping their gin and reminiscing about old times when …” Only it is.

A former casino owner, a former businessman from Las Vegas, and a former NFL punter were recently sentenced in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas for conspiring to promote a fraudulent tax product through the now-defunct National Audit Defense Network (NADN).

Alan Rodrigues, NADN’s former general manager and executive vice president, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $2,000 special assessment by the judge. Rodrigues must also Read More