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Illegal Gambling

Lucchese Crime Family Employed Student Athletes In $2M NJ Sports Betting Ring: AG Lucchese Crime Family Employed Student Athletes In $2M NJ Sports Betting Ring: AG
Lucchese Crime Family Employed Student Athletes In $2M NJ Sports Betting Ring: AG Fourteen people, including multiple former high school and college wrestlers, are facing charges for their roles in a multimillion-dollar sports betting ring operated by members of the Lucchese crime family, officials said Thursday, Nov. 13. The head of the illegal operation was identified as Joseph M. “Little Joe” Perna, 55, of Fairfield, according to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin. Officials said Perna acted as the “financier,” with daily sportsbook operations handled by his son, Joseph R. Perna, 25, of Oakland, a former Ramapo HS wrestler. Additional agents included Ant…
Ex-Washington Wizards Star Gilbert Arenas Threw High-Stakes Poker Parties At CA Mansion: DOJ Ex-Washington Wizards Star Gilbert Arenas Threw High-Stakes Poker Parties At CA Mansion: DOJ
Ex-Washington Wizards Star Gilbert Arenas Threw High-Stakes Poker Parties At CA Mansion: DOJ Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas has been arrested and charged in a sprawling federal case accusing him and others of running high-stakes illegal poker games out of his mansion in California. Arenas, 43, who the centerpiece for the Washington Wizards for years, was taken into custody Wednesday, July 30, along with five others, including a suspected high-ranking member of an Israeli transnational organized crime group, federal prosecutors said. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, the Woodland Hills resident, also known as “Agent Zero,” is charged with:…
3 From Westchester Charged In illegal Gambling Operation Allegedly Run By Lucchese Crime Family 3 From Westchester Charged In illegal Gambling Operation Allegedly Run By Lucchese Crime Family
3 From Westchester Charged In illegal Gambling Operation Allegedly Run By Lucchese Crime Family Five New York men, including three from Westchester County, have been accused of overseeing and operating a 15-year long, large-scale illegal, online gambling business with suspected ties to the Lucchese crime family, federal authorities announced. An indictment was unsealed in Brooklyn Federal Court on Wednesday, Sept. 14 charging them for their roles overseeing and operating a large-scale illegal, online gambling business under the protection of the Lucchese organized crime family. The gambling business known as “Rhino Sports” utilized an offshore website and dozens of bookmakers in …