Sports Gambling Ring Busted, 17 Indicted: Officials – CNBC

“The defendants are charged in a 124-count indictment with enterprise corruption,” it added, noting that they each face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

Fourteen were arrested Wednesday, including nine in the Los Angeles area. Three others were still being sought, the Queens County, New York, District Attorney Richard Brown’s office said in a statement.

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The statement said the operation had more than 2,000 active bettors and utilized an 800 phone number and the offshore Internet website www.365Action.com to take wagers on professional and college basketball, football, hockey and baseball.