"Starting around 2019, a group of alleged mafia associates began operating a high-stakes poker con at several locations around Manhattan, according to an indictment filed by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. The card cheating scheme relied on X-ray tables, rigged card shufflers, and glasses capable of reading hidden card markings. Authorities say they arrested 31 individuals across 11 states, including members and associates of the Bonanno, Gambino, and Genovese organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra."
""For years, these individuals allegedly hosted illegal poker games where they used sophisticated technology and enlisted current and former NBA players to cheat people out of millions of dollars," said NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch in a statement. "This complex scheme was so far reaching that it included members from four of the organized crime families, and when people refused to pay because they were cheated, these defendants did what organized crime has always done: they used threats, intimidation, and violence.""
Two federal indictments unsealed charge alleged mafia associates and current and former National Basketball Association players and coaches with running rigged poker games and illegal sports betting. Beginning around 2019, an alleged high-stakes poker con in Manhattan used X-ray tables, rigged shufflers, and glasses capable of reading hidden card markings. Authorities arrested 31 people across 11 states, including members and associates of the Bonanno, Gambino, and Genovese families. Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones were arrested; Billups' attorney says he denies the accusations and intends to fight the charges. Authorities allege victims were cheated out of millions and intimidation and violence were used to enforce payments.
Read at Theregister
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]