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9 Mass. residents indicted in large-scale illegal sports betting and money laundering operation
The charges were the result of an extensive investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Special Service Section and Healey’s Gaming Enforcement Division into organized crime related to illegal gambling, money laundering, and extortion in the area.
Lon Hillson Sr., 74, and his son, Lonnie Hillson Jr., 55, both of Melrose, were indicted Friday a statewide grand jury on the charges of Organizing and Promoting Gambling, Registration of Bets, Use of the Phone for Gambling, Conspiracy to Register Bets, and Attempted Extortion, officials said.
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