Nine people linked to the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families—including a detective with the Nassau County Police Department—were indicted in a Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday and charged with illegal gambling, racketeering, money laundering conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and other related offenses.
Eight of the defendants are members or associates of the two crime families, which are alleged to have worked together to operate multiple illegal gambling operations in Long Island, New York, and the New York City borough of Queens. The “substantial” profits made through these gambling centers were laundered through cash transfers to the defendants, as well as “kicking up” to the leaders of the families, according to the Department of Justice.
