Former South Pittsburg Mayor Mike KillianFormer South Pittsburg Mayor Mike Killian has been indicted in U.S. District Court on charges of running an illegal video gambling operation, sports betting ring and an “outlaw” lottery that took in more than $2,000 per day, federal documents show.
According to the indictment, filed today, Killian and some accomplices were running the operation out of his Lotto Mart convenience store in South Pittsburg.
The indictment states that he ran the sports betting operation with an unnamed accomplice referred to as “Person A,” who ran the day-to-day operation.
“From in or around 2005 to in or around January 2013,” Killian “conducted, financed, managed, supervised, directed and owned an illegal gambling business” that involved “five or more persons who conducted, financed, managed, supervised, directed or owned all or part of such business,” according to the indictment.
The government is moving to seize property involved in the alleged gambling operation, some of which was seized in an FBI raid on the Lotto Mart in January.