Aging New York mobsters busted for online credit betting operation

New York’s attorney general has indicted 13 individuals for operating a Mafia-connected online credit betting operation.

On Thursday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman – most recently seen bullying daily fantasy sports operators – announced that 13 individuals had been arrested and charged under Operation Shark Bait, a long term investigation by the AG’s office and the New York City Police Department into illegal bookmaking and loansharking tied to the Genovese organized crime family.

The 13 individuals are a greying bunch, with the youngest being 46 years old and the two oldest aged 76, including alleged ringleader, Genovese ‘made’ member Salvatore DeMeo. For the record, only three of the 13 have names that don’t end in vowels.

Wiretapped conversations uncovered an illegal online bookmaking operation that handled “millions of dollars’ worth of wagers.” The sports betting operation was run out of a Costa Rica-based wire room and served by a password-protected website, 4Spades.org.