Las Vegas businessman Ramon DeSage, right, leaves the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse with his attorney, Richard Wright, on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to d …

Las Vegas businessman Ramon DeSage, right, leaves the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse with his attorney, Richard Wright, on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. (David Ferrara/Las Vegas Review-Journal)