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North suburban man charged with illegal sports betting, tax offenses

A North suburban man has been charged with illegal sports bookmaking and filing a false federal income tax return, the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago announced in a news release Thursday.

Dominic Poeta, 63, of Highland Park, unlawfully operated a business that provided sports betting and wagering services, both domestically and abroad, from 2014 to 2018, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Poeta is also charged with filing a false federal income tax return for the calendar year 2016 that falsely reported his total income was $81,609, knowing his actual income substantially exceeded that amount, according to the news release.

Poeta will be arraigned in federal court in Chicago on a future date to be set by the court.

The tax charge is punishable by up to three years in federal prison, while the bookmaking charge is punishable by up to two years, according to the release.

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