QUEENS – a Queens County grand jury indicted 17 people in New York, Nevada and California on charges of unlawfully operating a highly sophisticated sports gambling enterprise that stretched westward from Queens County and used offshore-based gambling website.
The enterprise, which is alleged to have annually booked over $32 million in bets, is also accused of laundering its criminal proceeds by depositing and withdrawing large sums of money from banks throughout the US.
One of those defendants is identified as Jimmy Joseph, 31, of Congers, New York. He is alleged to have been an agent and is charged with enterprise corruption, first-degree promoting gambling and conspiracy. Most of the others are from California with a few from Las Vegas and New York City.
The defendants are charged in a 126-count indictment with enterprise corruption – a violation of New York’s Organized Crime Control Act – as well as money laundering, promoting gambling and conspiracy.
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