http://www.mail.com/subjects/14800-racketeering.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/14800-racketeering.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011504-34-charged-probe-illegal-sports-betting.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses 34 people and 23 companies, many of them registered in Central America, of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that solicited more than $1 billion in bets. The 95-page indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City on March 20, accuses the defendants of operat... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:25:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011504-34-charged-probe-illegal-sports-betting.html 2013-04-10T22:25:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007568-gambling-parlors-spent-widely-fla-officials.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The number of strip-mall parlors with slot-like computer games such as those targeted in a racketeering investigation could shrink if the Florida governor, as expected, signs a bill banning the operations that have contributed more than $100,000 to local political campaigns. Some estimates put the number of gaming parlors in Florida a... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:55:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007568-gambling-parlors-spent-widely-fla-officials.html 2013-04-09T20:55:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1966564-feds-native-mob-gang-dented-work-remains.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they've weakened a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest now that an alleged leader and two members have been convicted in one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. But investigators acknowledge their work isn't done in Minnesota or other states where th... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:35:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1966564-feds-native-mob-gang-dented-work-remains.html 2013-03-20T12:35:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three alleged members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest were convicted Tuesday in what authorities called one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. An alleged leader of the Native Mob, 34-year-old Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, was found guilty on several charges including t... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:24:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html 2013-03-19T23:24:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1952782-fla-politician-resigns-57-charged-scandal.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida's lieutenant governor resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a scandal involving a purported veterans charity that authorities said Wednesday was a front for a $300 million gambling operation. The organization, Allied Veterans of the World, runs nearly 50 Internet parlors with computerized slot machine-style games... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:52:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1952782-fla-politician-resigns-57-charged-scandal.html 2013-03-14T05:52:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1951802-57-charged-florida-gambling-scandal.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida's lieutenant governor resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a widening scandal of a purported veterans charity that authorities said Wednesday was a $300 million front for illegal gambling. Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll's resignation came a day after she was questioned in the investigation. Her public relations firm ... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:25:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1951802-57-charged-florida-gambling-scandal.html 2013-03-13T20:25:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1945950-ex-detroit-mayor-convicted-jailed-until-sentence.html DETROIT (AP) — Jurors in a city buffeted by financial crisis convicted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on corruption charges Monday, capping a five-month trial that exposed a brazen pay-to-play culture during his years in office while the distressed city lost jobs and people and veered toward insolvency. Kilpatrick could face more than 10 years in p... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:32:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1945950-ex-detroit-mayor-convicted-jailed-until-sentence.html 2013-03-11T22:32:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1884426-feds-wrap-up-case-detroit-mayor.html DETROIT (AP) — Kwame Kilpatrick turned Detroit's City Hall into a "private profit machine" by rigging contracts, demanding bribes and even stealing money meant for the needy, a prosecutor said during closing arguments Monday in the former mayor's corruption trial. Kilpatrick spent $840,000 more than he earned as Detroit's mayor from 2002 until 2008, Assis... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1884426-feds-wrap-up-case-detroit-mayor.html 2013-02-11T22:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836888-american-indian-gang-trio-face-racketeering-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people from the Twin Cities to reservations in greater Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond will go on trial Tuesday in what authorities call one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, 34, — an alleged leader of the Native Mob — a... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836888-american-indian-gang-trio-face-racketeering-trial.html 2013-01-22T07:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1825412-court-nyc-upholds-geriatric-gangster-conviction.html NEW YORK (AP) — A 95-year-old mob boss who authorities say boasted about killing 60 people in a lifetime of crime must serve his eight-year prison sentence after his racketeering conspiracy conviction, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. John "Sonny" Franzese was sentenced last January after his conviction for extorting Manhattan strip clubs and a Lon... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1825412-court-nyc-upholds-geriatric-gangster-conviction.html 2013-01-16T20:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1748910-correction-gang-indictment-story.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story Dec. 6 about a racketeering indictment against dozens of alleged gang members, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age of defendant Vianna Roman as 23. She is 37 years old. A corrected version of the story is below: Feds: Imprisoned murderer ran gang network Feds say convicted murderer ran gang network from behind b... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1748910-correction-gang-indictment-story.html 2012-12-07T20:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1727058-judge-orders-tobacco-companies-to-they-lied.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler previously had said she wanted the industry to pay for corrective statem... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1727058-judge-orders-tobacco-companies-to-they-lied.html 2012-11-27T21:37:00Z