Originally Posted By: MacombGuy
DeMichele's case is a good example. If Robert Perakis (politician / former state representative) wasn't arrested with him, the papers wouldn't have touched it.


I don't know. There seems to be a steady stream of gambling cases out of Detroit, including the ones below over the last few years. Which, by the way, I've never found any mob-ties to (though the May 2012 one seems most likely).


July 2010
http://sports.insidebet.com/news/detroit-lawyer-and-two-businessman-charged-in-betting-ring/

July 2011
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/07/06/two-face-charges-in-flint-video-poker-bust/

May 2012
http://www.macombdaily.com/article/MD/20060821/NEWS01/308219998

June 2013
http://www.legalonlinegamblingsites.com/...s-michigan.html

Last edited by IvyLeague; 09/20/13 01:02 AM.

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