February 4, 2005
Owner of rice pudding shop -- you know the one -- busted for big gambling ring
Well, that explains the $5,000 LCD televisions on the wall...
Says the Post:
All bets are off for the city's 'King of Rice Pudding.' The owner of the Rice to Riches Cafe in Little Italy was busted yesterday for allegedly running a $21 million-a-year sports gambling ring just in time for the Super Bowl. Nearly $30,000 was found stashed in the eatery.
Wow. I, along with every other New Yorker, was wondering how that place was surviving. It certainly wasn't volume.
The owner, Peter Moceo, was arrested along with his dad. They also searched his condo at Trump Tower, busted a concierge there (who served as a runner), and seized $400K in cash from the dad's ceiling. And supposedly there's evidence his 14-y-o son was involved, too. Fun for the whole family.
Great details in the story -- including "vig-free Fridays" and "customer appreciation parties."
ps. Don't they do this every few years? A big pre-Super-Bowl gambling bust.
Source: NYP
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Manhattan,
Vice
posted by adm at February 4, 2005 8:14 AM
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