Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - An FBI Special Agent pleaded guilty yesterday to misusing government money to gamble at a Las Vegas casino.
40 year-old Scott F. Carpenter of New York pleaded guilty to one count of conversion of government money. U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro presided over the hearing and scheduled sentencing for May 18, 2022.
According to court documents, from July 27 to July 31, 2017, Carpenter — employed as a Special Agent with the FBI’s New York City Field Office — and three other FBI agents traveled to Las Vegas to conduct an undercover operation. At the conclusion of the operation, Carpenter went to a casino’s high limit room, where he gambled on blackjack with $13,500 belonging to the United States.
At sentencing, Carpenter faces a statutory maximum penalty of one year in prison, supervised release, and restitution. A date for Carpenter’s sentencing has not yet been announced.