Gregory Emmett Paloian, Conducting Illegal Sports Gambling Business, Illinois 2020
A Chicago-area man has been charged in federal court with conducting an illegal sports gambling business in the city and suburbs.
GREGORY EMMETT PALOIAN conducted an illegal sports bookmaking business from 2015 to 2019, according to a criminal information filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
The information charges Paloian, 66, of Elmwood Park, with one count of conducting an illegal gambling business.
It seeks forfeiture from Paloian of $274,070 and a 2017 Audi automobile.
Arraignment is set for Oct. 7, 2020, at 10:15 a.m., before U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow in Chicago.
The public is reminded that a charge is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The gambling charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. If convicted, the Court must impose a reasonable sentence under federal statutes and the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
Key Facts
- State: Illinois
- Category: Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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