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Abe Mosseri, Bill Edler, & Peter Feldman Among 34 Indicted in Major FBI Gambling Bust
According to NBC 4 and the New York Times, the FBI’s Eurasian Organized Crime Squad executed federal search warrants earlier today throughout New York City, Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia in connection with an illegal gambling ring tied to Russian organized crime.
The investigation revealed high-stakes poker dens, offshore sports betting, and resulted in thirty-four individuals being indicted by Preet Bharara of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. Among them were well-known poker pros Bill Edler, Peter Feldman, Abe Mosseri, Joe Mancuso, Vadim Trincher, John Hanson and Eddie Ting.
Here’s a look at the 34 individuals indicted: Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov Vadim Trincher Anatoly Golubchik Michael Sall Stan Greenberg Illya Trincher Hillell Nahmad John Hanson Noah Siegel Jonathan Hirsch Arthur Azen Donald McCalmont Dmitry Druzhinsky Alexander Zaverukha Alexander Katchaloff Anatoly Shteyngrob Ilya Rozenfeld Peter Skyllas Ronald Uy Nicholas Hirsh Bryan Zuriff Moshe Oratz Kirill Rapoport David Aaron Justin Smith Abraham Mosseri William Edler Peter Feldman Eugene Trincher Edwin Ting Molly Bloom William Barbalat Yugeswar Rajkumar Joseph Mancuso
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WOW it seems the feds are not fooling around, long list of some well known pro poker players I bet they got some serious explaining to do, I am surprised it is a Russian mob running this racket and not the N.Y Italian MOB ......someone smell a cover up
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Posted by saynothing: WOW it seems the feds are not fooling around, long list of some well known pro poker players I bet they got some serious explaining to do, I am surprised it is a Russian mob running this racket and not the N.Y Italian MOB ......someone smell a cover up
G'day Mylady
Well I am not surprised at all. Must of them damn Bingo queen Donks seem to be Russian and they do seem to like to work together with multi accounts. Hope they shot them all in the head. Yes I am cranky.
