Federal prosecutors are moving to seize $22 million in betting proceeds and a luxury helicopter they claim were ill-gotten perks of an offshore gambling empire

Federal prosecutors are moving to seize $22 million in betting proceeds and a luxury helicopter they claim were ill-gotten perks of an offshore gambling empire run by the brothers-in-law of U.S. Rep. John F. Tierney.

The eye-popping bankroll of profits from American bettors and the 1980 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm chopper that was registered to Tierney kin Daniel Eremian top the properties that prosecutors want U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to order forfeited by Eremian and Todd Lyons, a stateside debt collector for Antigua-based Sports Off Shore.

Daniel Eremian, 62, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Lyons, 38, of Beverly, were convicted last year of racketeering, conspiracy and operating an illegal gambling business.

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