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Article: Robert Lee, alleged leader in Harlem gambling biz, held
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- New York Amsterdam News
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- December 28, 1996
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J. Zamgba Browne
New York Amsterdam News
12-28-1996
Robert Lee, alleged leader in Harlem gambling biz, held.
Robert Lee, the alleged ring-leader of an illegal gambling business in a city-owned apartment building at 115 E. 115th St., has been arrested. He is also charged with bribing an undercover agent and posing as a government worker.
Two of Lee's workers, Felicita Rivera and Fernidando Ortiz, were also arrested on charges of assisting him in what investigators believe was a lucrative $2 million-a-year operation in East Harlem.
The probe began last August when the Department of Investigation learned that an illegal numbers and slot machine business was being operated from the first-floor ...