Overview

• Prospect Park Councilman Anand Shah and high-ranking Lucchese crime family members have been charged with racketeering, conspiracy, and money laundering.
• The operation generated over $3 million in illegal proceeds through poker games, online sportsbooks, and shell businesses used to launder funds.
• Authorities raided four illegal poker clubs, including two operating out of restaurant backrooms, and searched residences and a business storing gambling machines.
• Shah is accused of managing illegal poker games and an online sportsbook but is not charged with abusing his public office.
• The arrests are the result of a coordinated, multi-jurisdictional effort aimed at dismantling a sophisticated organized crime network.