Attorney General Letitia James revealed this week the names of more than a dozen defendants arrested in the takedown of an alleged $22 million Gambino crime family gambling and loansharking ring based on Staten Island.
The defendants listed in an 84-count indictment include 17 individuals accused in a sports-betting scheme that led to loansharking; one of those defendants was also accused with three additional individuals in a mortgage-fraud scheme.
James alleges that the sports-gambling operation handled more than $22.7 million in illegal bets and the loansharking operation brought in weekly payments on about $500,000 in illegal loans. The alleged mortgage-fraud scheme involving a $600,000 home in New Jersey resulted in a separate indictment.
