Prosecutors said Joseph Moore ran "block pools" that were often based on NCAA basketball games. Read more Wayne Parry / AP

by Chris Palmer Published Oct. 27, 2025, 5:12 p.m. ET

A former Philadelphia probation officer and a former city police officer have been charged with illegally connecting bettors to an overseas sports gambling website that allowed them to place hundreds of thousands of dollars in bets over nearly a decade, according to federal authorities.

Joseph Moore and James P. DeAngelo Jr. each face one count of conducting an illegal gambling business, court records show. Moore, the former probation officer, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday.

DeAngelo, the former police officer, is scheduled to appear in court later this week and has been charged by information

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