10-02-2006 Illegal bookmaking operation with links to Costa Rica defeated by the New Jersey Police

According to the Prosecutor's Office, a reputed associate of the Genovese crime family and more than four dozen of others were charged with first-degree money-laundering, promoting gambling and conspiracy to promote gambling.

Illegal wagers for over $1 million per week were placed via the internet and toll-free phone number provided by a "wire room" in Costa Rica.

The agents which accepted the bets made 25 per cent commission on bets that clients lost, prosecutors said.