'I'm sure people are going to take shots at me. When asked last week about his past legal troubles, Biancullo said he'd gotten 'caught up in a bad thing.' He was sentenced to 6 months' home detention and 3 years' probation. 'Honestly, they lie like rugs,' he told the newspaper. He told the Inquirer in 2004 that he considered them 'scam artists.' Roenick, who was never charged with a crime, acknowledged that he was a client of the firm Biancullo worked for. The Inquirer reported then that federal authorities caught Biancullo on tape telling one caller: 'When you're paying guys to throw a game, when you're paying officials to make bad calls, you know it costs a lot of money. 'We were not aware that Danny Berrelli had any other name.'Д«iancullo was among a crew of Florida-based sports handicappers, or 'touts,' who pleaded guilty in 2004 to federal gambling charges for falsely claiming to have inside information about games and referring callers to offshore casinos in exchange for kickbacks. Probation Officer for the Middle District of Florida, said Monday. 'We are investigating the true identity of Danny Berrelli,' said Steve Beasely, Deputy Chief U.S. 'I'm nobody to judge anyone.'Дonaghy's probation officer in Sarasota, Fla., where he lives, apparently was under the impression that Biancullo's 'stage name' was his real name. 'As long as it wasn't molesting kids,' Donaghy said. Everyone has stage names.'Дonaghy, who is prohibited from associating with felons while on probation, said he wasn't aware of Biancullo's conviction until informed by the Daily News. 'This comes back to me protecting my kids.

'Hiding names, aliases, it's all part of the business,' he said. He said it wasn't designed to cover up his criminal past. Last week, Biancullo, 49, confirmed his 'real' identity when contacted by the Daily News, saying he'd been using Berrelli as a 'stage name' for years. Biancullo, a North Jersey native with a 2004 federal conviction stemming from his role in a Florida sports-gambling operation that counted former Flyers star Jeremy Roenick among its clients. He served about 13 months in prison.Дonaghy's current employer is known in the gambling industry - and apparently to Donaghy's probation officer - as Danny Berrelli. He resigned in 2007 after 13 years in the league and pleaded guilty to federal gambling and wire-fraud charges in New York. 'It's basically a consulting firm,' said Donaghy, 45, who's still on probation for gambling on basketball games and providing picks to two co-defendants while he was an active referee. 'Meet the man who generated millions of dollars betting on basketball, as seen on 60 Minutes and documented by the NBA and FBI,' Danny B.'s website,, says of Donaghy.

Like a recovering alcoholic tending bar for his old drinking buddies, the ex-NBA referee has been breaking down game tape and analyzing point spreads for a shady sports handicapper in Allentown known as 'Danny B,' who uses the information to sell gambling tips to his clients. TIM DONAGHY says he doesn't bet on basketball anymore.Д«ut basketball gambling is what pays his bills these days.

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