MORE SPORTS BETTING ARRESTS IN NEW YORK
28 November 2008
Bronx betting uncovered by feds tapping cellphones
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan report that six arrests
were made Monday in the Bronx in connection with online
sportsbetting offences. The New York Daily News said
prosecutors associated the arrests with organised crime,
with one of those detained, Anthony Croce, allegedly an
acting capo in the Luchese crime family.
Investigators uncovered the ring by secretly recording
cell phone conversations of members taking in thousands
of dollars in bets for football and other sporting
events, federal officials claimed.
Members of the ring aided customers by providing them
with access codes to an unidentified offshore gambling
operation run over the Internet, according to documents
filed by the FBI in Manhattan Federal Court.
Comments from NY Daily News readers reacting to the
report were as interesting as the news itself.
One reader observed: "Meanwhile a teacher in N.J. was
allowed to plead guilty to raping five young girls in
return he will get five years probation instead of the
thirty years he was facing.......I know, I know get
these mobsters of the streets, they're heinous
criminals! Who knows they may have even been thinking of
buying their kids christmas presents with the whole ten
grand they made......"
Another wrote: "The priorities of this nation's law
enforcement [really are] crossed, but they know what
sells newspapers...a couple guys handling some football
action and immediately it's organized crime/mafia
related."
Poster "jacktwo" wrote: "The FBI says they don't have
enough manpower to go after the crimes on Wall Street
which have cost the taxpayers $7 trillion, but they sure
do have plenty of time to go after two-bit bookies
taking a few bets."
Another poster wrote: "Thank God they put these people
behind bars!!! Now I don't have to worry about them
while I'm picking up my lottery tickets or losing my
money up at Foxwoods. Remember, if it's taxed it's
perfectly legal. If it's not taxed, it's a scourge on
society."
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