New York Bingo Scheme Defrauds Greek Orthodox Diocese

In Queens, New York, three men were indicted last week on 714 gambling related counts in a scheme that defrauded the Greek Orthodox Diocese of America out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.  According to yesterday's Queens Gazette, bingo profits were supposed to go to the Greek Orthodox Diocese, but the affiliated charities were bogus organizations that allowed the three men to take some $830,000 from bingo and illegal side bets for themselves over several years.  The defendants, Spiros Moshopoulos, Tommy Skiada, and Daniella Radulescu were also charged with defrauding the city Department of Consumer Affairs out of some $20,000 in fees.