jonathan dienst
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WNBC Chief Investigative Reporter and NBC News Chief Justice Contributor
New York City
Joined April 2009
NEW: NBA rigged poker suspect's wife says the case is a flop Reporting on @NBCNews w/ @jonathan4ny @erikjhortiz @richschapiro
https://t.co/uogNKBb0zb
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Prosecutors charged more than 30 people in a conspiracy to rig poker games, from an NBA coach and members of the mob to people living in relative obscurity.
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Saddened by the passing of Nick Mangold, who was only 41. 12 days ago, he made a public appeal for a kidney transplant. Former @nyjets star was a seven time Pro Bowler and twice was a first team All-Pro center. Funny, candid, smart and a great teammate. He will be sorely missed.
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FBI spox says another arrest this am in alleged NBA-mafia gambling scandal: Horatio Hu has surrendered this morning in Florida. Yesterday’s indictment alleges Hu was part of a poker cheating team in East Hampton NY.
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More than 30 people were indicted on charges related to rigged, high-dollar poker games that allegedly involved NBA stars and organized crime families,
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Eric Adams to endorse Andrew Cuomo for mayor – NBC New York
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Adams and Cuomo appeared to let bygones be while courtside at a New York Knicks game on Wednesday.
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Fbi spox says former NBA player Damon Jones has been arrested in Las Vegas. Presser by US Atty Bklyn, FBI, NYPD and HSI expected on gambling related investigations See
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Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat's Terry Rozier arrested in federal gambling-related investigation https://t.co/9oves5MlPe via @nbcnews
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The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn outlined two cases: an insider sports betting scheme and a high-tech plot to rig underground poker games.
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More gambling arrests: Two law enforcement officials say: Chauncey Billups - coach of the Portland Trailblazers -has been arrested by the FBI on charges related to the Bklyn US Atty gambling press conference expected later today. ——————
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Two senior l-e officials say: NBA player Terry Rozier arrested in Orlando. FBI HSI NYPD and BKLYN US Atty officials will be announcing gambling- related charges later this morning. Members and associates of organized crime groups are also among the couple of dozen expected to
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New Jersey businessman paid $1M to a lobbying firm to try to get a pardon from Trump
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A corrupt New Jersey businessman who used gold bars to bribe former Sen. Robert Menendez paid $1 million dollars to a Washington, D.C. lobbyist to try to ask for clemency from President Donald Trump,...
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ICE agents detain several during Canal Street operation in NYC – NBC New York
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Federal agents detained several people while conducting an operation on Manhattan’s busy Canal Street, searching for undocumented immigrants who may have connections to illegal street vending,...
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Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump's Air Force One exit https://t.co/Y4SiSyWeUP via @nbcnews
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The FBI is leading an investigation after the discovery near Palm Beach International Airport.
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Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case – NBC New York
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The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people.
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