More than a dozen Houston-area residents have been accused of operating an illegal gambling business, including game rooms, that made more than $22 million in proceeds, federal authorities said.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, Nizar Ali, 61, of Richmond, Texas, and his alleged accomplices “conspired to own, operate or assist in the operation of illegal game rooms.” The group also allegedly conspired to conceal and disguise the money made from the illegal gambling scheme by conducting fraudulent financial transactions, the Justice Department said.
U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei on Thursday called the bust “one of the largest ever law enforcement operations in the Southern District of Texas.”…