New York, April 12: An Indian-origin municipal councillor has been charged with participating in a mafia-run gambling operation, according to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin. Anand Shah, 42, was one of 39 people charged with 슬롯사이트œracketeering, gambling offences, money laundering, and other crimes슬롯사이트, Platkin said on Friday. He said the charges were filed following raids at 12 locations in the state, including 4 poker clubs.

Another person of Indian descent, Samir S Nadkarni, 48, from Longwood, Florida, was also among those charged and was described as a 슬롯사이트œsportsbook sub-agent/poker host슬롯사이트. Shah was a rising politician in New Jersey serving his second term as a municipal councillor in Prospect Park, a New York suburb, and was in charge of finance, economic development, and insurance.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천US: Indian-Origin Woman Saritha Ramaraju Charged With Slitting Son슬롯사이트™s Throat After Disneyland Vacation.

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슬롯사이트œLucchese Crime Family슬롯사이트 is one of the dreaded Italian-American mafia groups in the US, which also works with people of other ethnicities. Sportsbook gambling involves betting on sports tournaments. According to officials, the gambling operation was a $3 million operation.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Virginia Shocker: Indian-Origin Man Kills Wife, Googles 슬롯사이트˜How Long Does It Take to Get Married After Spouse Dies슬롯사이트™ After Murder; Arrested.

Platkin said that while mob activity has been 슬롯사이트œromanticised슬롯사이트 in movies and television, "the reality isn슬롯사이트™t romantic or cinematic. It슬롯사이트™s about breaking the laws the rest of us follow and, ultimately, it슬롯사이트™s about money, control, and the threat of violence슬롯사이트.

Officials said that the gambling operations were run from social clubs or behind legitimate businesses like restaurants, and also included gambling machines.

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