A hearing in Brooklyn was packed as Mr. Billups and 30 other defendants answered charges in a sweeping federal indictment involving rigged poker games. Source: New York Times
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U.S. Details How Mob and Ex-NBA Players Lured High Rollers Into Poker Trap
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2025
A Manhattan apartment was at the center of a Mafia-run ring that used former N.B.A. players as bait and technology to read cards, prosecutors say. Source: New York Times
Gambinos and Other NYC Mob Families Are Still in Business
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2025
Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. Source: New York Times
Andrew J. Maloney, Prosecutor Who Took Down John Gotti, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on August 18, 2022
A street-smart U.S. attorney, he won a conviction against the Mafia boss after several previous efforts failed. Source: New York Times
Thomas Verdillo, 77, Dies; Restaurateur Went from Red Sauce to Blue Ribbon
By Gotham Rex on January 11, 2021
He put a refined twist on traditional Italian-American cooking at his South Brooklyn restaurant, Tommaso. He died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times