KANSAS CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conducting an illegal gambling business that relied on a website with a computer server located in Costa Rica.
Vincent F. Civella, 53, of Kansas City, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David Kays this morning to a federal information that charges him with conducting an illegal gambling business.



