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Twenty-Five Individuals Indicted in Multi-Million-Dollar Illegal Nationwide Sports Betting Ring Queens District Attorney joined by New York City Police Department , the Federal Bureau of Investigation and representatives of other law enforcement agencies from across the country today announced the indictment of 25 individuals—including three owners of a sports betting Internet website—in five states on charges of operating an illegal sports betting enterprise in Queens County and elsewhere that profited by more than $50 million during an 18-month period by accepting wagers on various sporting events—including horse-racing and professional and college football basketball hockey and baseball. In addition, dozens of search warrants and asset seizure warrants were executed in multiple jurisdictions in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Nevada and California resulting to date, in the seizure of real property and more than $7.6 million in cash and gambling chips. The arrests and or warrants were carried out by the New York City Police Department Organized Crime Investigation Division, the FBI Asset Forfeiture Section, the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, the Monmouth County New Jersey Prosecutor Office the New Jersey State Attorney General Office the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Los Angeles Police Department. Furthermore, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, has filed asset forfeiture warrants ...