press release
JUNE 12, 2015 (CNBNEWS.NET)Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced the arrests of eight individuals on charges of operating a large-scale gambling and loan sharking enterprise in Rockland and Westchester counties, New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. The arrests culminate a ten-month undercover investigation into illegal loan sharking activity, as well as an illegal gambling operation which had associations to organized crime in Rockland County.
\”Illegal gambling has always been the fuel that drives organized crime because of the huge profits it generates, which are often used to fund other forms of criminal activity, including drug trafficking and prostitution,\” said District Attorney Zugibe. \”Illegal gambling is not a victimless crime.\”
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