Poliseno pleads guilty, admits forfeiture of $2.2 million

Dick Downey of Bloodhorse Magazine today reports that former harness racing trainer Donato “Tony” Poliseno became the third of six defendants May 17 to enter a guilty plea in related charges alleging widespread doping of racehorses.

Poliseno entered a plea to a superseding charge of entering into interstate commerce misbranded and adulterated drugs. As part of the plea, Poliseno admitted to forfeiture of $2,264,849.13 and agreed that a money judgment shall be entered against him in that amount as part of his sentence and judgment of conviction.

Court records did not indicate Poliseno’s sentencing date as of the publication of this story.

Poliseno’s guilty plea follows that of Richard Banca on April 10 and Louis Grasso on May 11. Renee Allard and Thomas Guido III are scheduled to go to jury trial on June 27 unless a plea agreement is reached in the interim. It’s unclear whether Conor Flynn, a former assistant to Banca, still faces trial.