Prosecutors Want Tom Goldstein in Custody While Awaiting Sentencing

Tom GoldsteinNOTE: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is made available.

Prosecutors in Tom Goldstein's federal tax fraud trial over high-stakes poker games want him in custody as he awaits sentencing, according to court documents reviewed by PokerNews.

A jury in Greenbelt, Maryland convicted Goldstein on Wednesday of 12 of 16 counts in his high-profile trial stemming from ultra-high-stakes poker matches where he won over $50 million in 2016 alone.

In a court filing on Thursday, Goldstein's attorneys said the government had announced in court for the first time "that it intends to seek the detention of defendant Thomas Goldstein pending sentencing," which they…