LOS ANGELES -- For the second time in as many weeks, Phil Mickelson's connection to sports gambling surfaced in a federal criminal proceeding, this time on Monday, when a California man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for transferring nearly $3 million of the pro golfer's money to "an illegal gambling operation."
Gregory Silveira, an avid golfer who authorities said had ties to offshore gambling, pleaded guilty last year to three counts of laundering funds from an unnamed "gambling client" of his between February 2010 and February 2013. Outside the Lines, citing sources, identified Mickelson as the client.