The AG’s Office further alleges that Rogers and McMahon extorted vast sums of U.S. The AG’s Office alleges that Rogers collected two extortion payments of $10,000 in 2019 from McMahon in exchange for the right to operate an illegal book with permission from a larger, organized criminal syndicate.

McMahon is alleged to have made more than $234,000 in cash payments to Kelley over a 20-month period. Kelley is alleged to have earned significant income from this illegal scheme, which he then laundered through various residential properties. currency in person via flights to Costa Rica as part of an elaborate money laundering scheme. The AG’s Office alleges that Kelley was an employee of the gaming company who collected cash payments from illegal bookmakers, including McMahon, then delivered large bundles of U.S. All bets were placed through a website run by an offshore gaming company based in Costa Rica. The AG’s Office alleges that from 2017 to 2019, McMahon ran a large-scale illegal bookmaking enterprise that generated between $1 million to $2 million annually. McMahon and Kelley will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court at a later date. Rogers was held on $75,000 cash bail with the following conditions for release: he surrender his passport, be monitored via GPS with a 6pm- 6am curfew, and stay away from victims and witnesses. Rogers was arrested and arraigned on the charges in Suffolk Superior Court earlier today. Organizing and Promoting Illegal Gaming (1 count)

Three defendants were indicted by a Statewide Grand Jury on the following charges:Ĭonspiracy to Use Telephone for Gaming (1 count) The charges are the result of a long-term, multi-year investigation by the AG’s Gaming Enforcement Division and the Massachusetts State Police Special Service Section (SSS) working in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into illegal bookmaking, loan sharking, money laundering, and organized crime. BOSTON - Three individuals have been indicted on charges related to extortion, witness intimidation, and illegal bookmaking, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.

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