Legal Opinion
United States v. Useni
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 21, 2008No. 06-1978, 06-2107PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Under Illinois law, only charitable organizations are allowed to run certain gambling games such as bingo games, pull-tab games, and raffles as fundraisers for their organizations. In this case, the operators of the Grand Palace Bingo Hall (the “Grand Palace”) in Northlake, Illinois, used the Italian American War Veterans (the “IAWV”), a charitable organization, as a front to pocket nearly three million dollars in gambling proceeds. Both Fuat “Frank” Useni and Phillip Cozzo worked at the Grand Palace from its inception until it was sold to a group of IAWV members. A jury…
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