CHICAGO (AP) — Casey Urlacher, the brother of Chicago Bears Corridor of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, pleaded not responsible Wednesday to federal fees alleging he was a part of an offshore sports activities playing enterprise.
Urlacher, the mayor of the suburban Chicago village of Mettawa, entered his plea with 9 others in U.S. District Courtroom. He’s charged with conspiracy and operating an unlawful playing enterprise. Prosecutors allege Urlacher and the others had been a part of a hoop that raked in thousands and thousands of {dollars}.
Urlacher, 40, acted as an agent for the playing ring. He’s accused of recruiting bettors in change for a lower of their eventual losses. performing with Urlacher as an agent was Nicholas Stella, 42, a Chicago police officer, prosecutors mentioned. Stella has been stripped of his police powers.
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Among the many different “brokers” charged had been Matthew Knight, 46, of Mokena; Justin Hines, 40, of Algonquin; Todd Blanken, 43, of Cary; Matthew Namoff, 23, of Midlothian; Vasilios Prassas, 37, of Chicago; and Keith Benson, 49, of Lombard.
The ring was headed by 54-year-old Vincent DelGiudice of Orland Park, who paid a Costa Rica-based sportsbook a service charge to make use of its on-line platform and recruited gamblers to put wagers on the web site, in accordance with prosecutors.
Prosecutors say federal brokers searched DelGiudice’s residence in April 2019 and turned up greater than $1.06 million in money, $347,895 in silver bars and jewellery, and $92,623 in gold cash. Prosecutors are in search of an $eight million judgment in opposition to DelGiudice, who’s charged with conspiracy to conduct an unlawful playing enterprise, conspiracy to commit cash laundering and cash laundering.
