Thomas Guido III, a former harness coach in a group of six named in the same New York indictment for using performance-enhancing drugs, pleaded guilty on May 25 to one count only. especially mixing drugs and mislabeling, a felony.
Guido admitted that at least between 2015 and January 2020, he misled and misled federal and state regulators about the distribution, purchase, and receipt of PEDs in mining operations. his waterfall.
As part of the sentence, Guido signed a forfeiture order amounting to $61,800.97 to pay to the federal government. His final sentence will be delivered by Judge P. Kevin Castel on September 29 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Guido was in court with his attorney Joseph Corozzo. Assistant US Attorney Sarah Mortazavi appeared for the government.
Guido became the fourth of six defendants named in the alternative indictments in 2020 to plead guilty. Richard Banca and Louis Grasso are scheduled for sentencing September 6, followed by Donato Poliseno the next day.
Dr. Seth Fishman, a veterinarian who created and sold PEDs that were illegally used in Thoroughbred racing, faces sentencing June 30, and his former assistant Lisa Giannelli has a date. went to court on September 8 for the same purpose. Both were tried and lost in another federal court in the Southern District of New York.
