Chicago Area Gambling Raid Results in 13 Arrests: Luxury Cars Seized
12 men and one woman were arrested or ticketed Thursday and charged as part of a what authorities deemed to be an illegal gambling operation run from a Naperville strip mall.
Naperville is a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
Illinois State Police and agents of the DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group (MEG) assisted Naperville police in "a five-month-long investigation into an illegal gambling ring".
Police confiscated approximately $25,000 during the raid. They also seized a 2015 Lamborghini Huracan, a 2014 E63 AMG Mercedes and a 2011 Porsche Panamera.
Those arrested included Vu Trong Hoang, 36, of Chicago; Kevin L. Janowiak, 53, of Mount Prospect; Aki Nakagawa, 33, of Chicago; and Phillip L. Nguyen, 43, of Naperville.
Four of those arrested were charged with felony counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, as well as misdemeanor gambling.
Seven other men were charged with misdemeanor gambling. They included Lawrence P. Costigan, 50, of Palatine; William F. Gutzman, 33, of Bensenville; Michael J. Lemberger, 40, of Naperville; Julian R. Lukban, 40, of Chicago; David A. Mirshak, 37, of Belvidere; Ioannis T. Tsombanidis, 59, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Daniel B. Wandling, 30, of Chicago; the release declared.
Amber R. Lawhead, 33, of Cortland, was charged under a city of Naperville ordinance with gambling, while Asad Yusuf, 42, of Naperville, was arrested on a warrant, for failing to appear in court in a traffic case, the release stated.
The investigation is ongoing according to authorities.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
