PHILADELPHIA – Joseph Vito Mastronardo, Jr., 64, of Meadowbrook, PA, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison, to be served in a Level IV Bureau of Prisons Medical Facility. The sentence follows his guilty plea on January 31, 2014, for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise (RICO), conducting an illegal gambling business, conducting four conspiracies to launder money, interstate travel in aid of racketeering, transmitting wagering information, and aggravated structuring of cash deposits. The defendant was the leader of the Mastronardo Bookmaking Organization, a multi-million dollar sports betting operation with bettors throughout the U.S. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Jan E. DuBois ordered the forfeiture of approximately $3.7 million, a fine in the amount of $100,000, and three years of supervised release.