Ex-cop, 16 Pals Charged in $30 Million Gambling Ring Run Out of Strip Club: NY Post

Well, I suppose if you're going to run a multi-million dollar gambling ring, you might as well do it from a strip joint, right? That's the big story out of New York, where an former cop and several of his friends were allegedly running an offshore internet-based service, handled bets on football, baseball, basketball, hockey, horse racing, NASCAR and pro golf. Here's more from the NY Post:

A $30 million-a-year internet gambling ring, run out of a Queens strip club and headed by a former city police officer, was busted with the arrest of 17 suspects following a 14-month investigation, the Queens district attorney said Wednesday.

The gambling operation, which funneled its bets through an offshore internet-based service, handled bets on football, baseball, basketball, hockey, horse racing, NASCAR and pro golf, according to an indictment.

The ring's kingpin was identified as John "JK" Kinahan, 56, of Dix Hills, an ex-NYPD officer currently working as a manager at the topless dance club City Scapes, authorities said. A former NYPD detective from the organized crime division, 59-year-old Phillip Buckles of Miller Place, also was arrested.

The two former policemen, along with the 15 other suspects, were charged with enterprise corruption, which carries a sentence of up to 25 years in prison, said District Attorney Richard A. Brown. Various suspects were also charged with promoting gambling and conspiracy, the prosecutor said.

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