- Joined
- May 22, 2012
Numerous arrests of NBA stars and other associates with illegal betting, insider info and arranging high stakes poker games with rigged software and cards. High rolling gamblers targeted by betting ring and got ripped off in a huge scam.
Christopher Reia, the FBI assistant director of the New York field office:
He says the investigation was a "massive nationwide takedown" of 34 defendants spanning two separate cases where he says the odds were "rigged in their favour".
He says the case involved 13 members and associates of the Bonanon, Genovese and Gambino crime families. The case also involved former and current NBA players, including Rozier, and coaches, including Billups.
Three of the defendants were charged in both of the cases, he says.
Reia says the defendants "hustled" unwitting victims out of tens of millions of dollars to fund the Italian crime families in New York.
Nocella says some of the defendants used special contact lenses and eye glasses to read pre-marked cards, and an X-ray table that could read cards when they were face-down.
The mafia, he says became involved in the rigged games and took a cut of proceedings and enforced collection of debts, he says.
Nocella says the illicit money from the poker games was then laundered via bank wires and crypto currencies.
The suspects also allegedly committed acts of violence, including a gun point robbery to obtain rigged card shuffling machine, and extortion against victims.
He says the defendants in rigged poker games are charged with wire fraud conspiracy, others have been charged with money laundering, robbery and extortion.
WOW! How much more rigging has been going on elsewhere with this tech???
Christopher Reia, the FBI assistant director of the New York field office:
He says the investigation was a "massive nationwide takedown" of 34 defendants spanning two separate cases where he says the odds were "rigged in their favour".
He says the case involved 13 members and associates of the Bonanon, Genovese and Gambino crime families. The case also involved former and current NBA players, including Rozier, and coaches, including Billups.
Three of the defendants were charged in both of the cases, he says.
Reia says the defendants "hustled" unwitting victims out of tens of millions of dollars to fund the Italian crime families in New York.
Nocella says some of the defendants used special contact lenses and eye glasses to read pre-marked cards, and an X-ray table that could read cards when they were face-down.
The mafia, he says became involved in the rigged games and took a cut of proceedings and enforced collection of debts, he says.
Nocella says the illicit money from the poker games was then laundered via bank wires and crypto currencies.
The suspects also allegedly committed acts of violence, including a gun point robbery to obtain rigged card shuffling machine, and extortion against victims.
He says the defendants in rigged poker games are charged with wire fraud conspiracy, others have been charged with money laundering, robbery and extortion.
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WOW! How much more rigging has been going on elsewhere with this tech???
