Federal prosecutors have charged a 66-year-old Elmwood Park man with running an illegal sports bookmaking business in Chicago and two near-west suburbs.
Gregory Emmet Paloian allegedly ran the gambling business from 2015 to 2019 in Chicago, Elmwood Park and Melrose Park, according to a two-page charging document filed Friday in Chicago.
Federal authorities want Paloian to forfeit a 2017 Audi and more than $274,000.
Paloian, who is charged with one count of conducting an illegal gambling business, is due for an arraignment Wednesday.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
In February, Casey Urlacher — brother of Chicago Bears great Brian Urlacher — was charged by the feds with helping run a multimillion-dollar illegal operation involving as many as 1,000 sports gamblers.
