Bookmaking case fallout: Fiancé’s diamond in the rough

When Virgil wrote the words “Love conquers all,” I’m not sure he had Michael Jelinsky and Kristie Gulia in mind. But, hey, I’m a romantic at heart, so I’d like to think so.

Jelinsky was convicted and sentenced to federal charges related to the multimillion-dollar, international illegal bookmaking ring he operated with his brother, Jeffrey Jelinsky, and a crew of other wiseguys in Las Vegas. They ran a lot of their action out of the sports books at the Palms and the diminutive Poker Palace in North Las Vegas. As part of the government’s investigation and prosecution, agents and accountants rounded up the Jelinsky crew’s substantial cash holdings. It amounted to millions.

In the process, the feds also plucked the diamond ring from the finger of Michael Jelinsky’ fiancé, Gulia.

Talk about a bad beat. She loses her rock, and now her man is breaking them.