A Manhattan apartment was at the center of a Mafia-run ring that used former N.B.A. players as bait and technology to read cards, prosecutors say.
The squat, brick building on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan looked like any other on the block, with no hint of the elaborate trap within.
In the summer of 2023, a man — we’ll call him, as prosecutors do, John Doe #1 — walked into the building and sat… [5330 chars]
Source: The New York Times | Published: 2025-10-24T18:50:17Z
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