CRIME & LAW

Operation Royal Flush Targets Alleged Mafia Gambling Ring

Federal officials unveiled Operation Royal Flush, charging 34 people — including a dozen men with alleged ties to the Genovese, Gambino, Bonanno and Lucchese families — in a high-tech poker rigging enterprise that allegedly netted millions over six years. Prosecutors say the crew ran fixed games in Manhattan and elsewhere, extorted debtors, and even staged a gunpoint robbery to steal a rigged shuffling machine. Several defendants have prior felony convictions; some lawyers denied wrongdoing or declined comment. The FBI said the scheme exploited notoriety and victims’ wallets to finance Italian crime families.

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