After decades in the shadows, New York Mafia takes center-stage again in NBA-related gambling sting
Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal highlighted the mob’s persistence and adaptability to changing times and technology. Four of New York’s five organized crime families allegedly participated in the sophisticated rigging of high-stakes poker games that … Read more
