Anand Shah, a 42-year-old municipal councilman from Prospect Park, New Jersey, has been charged in connection with a sprawling illegal gambling ring allegedly tied to the notorious Lucchese crime family.

An Indian-origin councilman, Anand Shah was arrested with 39 others in a case of racketeering, money laundering and other offences related to an illegal gambling scheme which netted more than $3 million in illegal profits,

A New Jersey councilman is among more than three dozen people who’ve been charged in connection to a gambling ring run by members of the Lucchese crime family.