Overview
- Robin Severance-Lopez pleaded guilty to a reduced money-laundering charge and to giving false information on a bail application, receiving 24 months of probation with adjudication withheld.
- Court records show she was released from the Lake County jail Monday after the plea agreement was accepted.
- Krishna DeoKaran, owner of Eclipse Social Club, pleaded guilty to a lesser money-laundering charge, agreed to testify for the state, and had sentencing deferred while paying more than $5,000 in prosecution costs.
- Prosecutors say the club ran illegal casino-style games that generated more than $20 million over the years.
- Prosecutors allege Marcos Lopez received profits that aided his campaigns and used his office to shield the operation, and he is set for a Dec. 2 plea negotiation conference on racketeering charges.