Anthony Romanello and Joseph Celso were found guilty of extortion-related charges by a federal jury in Brooklyn on Monday. The conviction, announced by United States Attorney Breon Peace and FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge James Smith, followed a one-week trial before United States District Judge Eric R. Komitee. Romanello, 86, of Franklin Square, New York, was convicted…
Romanello, 86, has been found guilty of shaking down Shuqeri ‘Bruno’ Selimaj and attacking him inside Lincoln Square Steak restaurant in Manhattan in 2017 DailyMail.com cameras spotted Romanello looking downbeat following the guilty verdict on Monday evening as he left Brooklyn Federal Court He faces up to 40 years behind bars at his sentencing By…
BROOKLYN, NY A Franklin Square man and a Queens man were convicted Monday of charges in connection with using extortion including threats and violence resulting in a man being punched in the face to collect a gambling debt, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. A federal jury convicted Anthony “Rom” Romanello, 86, of Franklin Square, and…
A 16-year-old Melbourne boy was able to gamble nearly $100,000, including at suburban pubs, despite his mother desperately seeking help, a court has heard. The Melbourne magistrates court heard that when his mother discovered his gambling habits, she began a frantic mission to get him help, only to be repeatedly turned away. In April last…
By Karen Sweeney For Australian Associated Press Published: 15:37 AEDT, 7 December 2023 | Updated: 15:37 AEDT, 7 December 2023 When a Melbourne mother discovered her 16-year-old son was gambling tens of thousands of dollars she began a frantic mission to get him help, only to b… Read the full article at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12835741/Melbourne-mum-despair-son-gambling-thousands-Preston-Hotel.html
Romanello, 86, is accused of shaking down Shuqeri ‘Bruno’ Selimaj and attacking him inside Lincoln Square Steak restaurant in Manhattan in 2017 DailyMail.com cameras spotted Romanello headed into Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday with his wife wearing a blue windbreaker Genovese crime family soldier Joseph Chelso – who is alleged to taken part of the assault…
New laws banning the use of credit cards for online gambling are set to be rolled out nationwide following the passing of the Federal Governments Interactive Gambling Act 2001 Bill yesterday evening. The Australian Banking Association (ABA) has welcomed this milestone saying the new laws will make it illegal for an online gambling company to…
A Hong Kong man suffered multiple injuries from a fall on Wednesday after he allegedly tried to escape captors who held him for a HK$2 million (US$255,832) football gambling debt. The 23-year-old man attempted to climb out of a fifth-floor industrial building window, but fell onto the units first-floor podium that same day. Emergency personnel…
In the second issue of Carnegie Chinas China Through a SEA Lens series, scholars from eight Southeast Asian countries provide their takes on the impact of Chinas Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in their countries for the past decade. They choose from among five levels of impact: very positive, positive, neutral, negative, or very negative.…
Family Photo A woman whose daughter took her own life after running up gambling debts has called for women’s football not to take money from the betting industry. In an open letter to the FA’s Women’s Super League, Kay Wadsworth, from Cleckheaton, said it should not “go the same way” as the men’s game. Mrs…