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Criminal charges brought over online gambling
More than two dozen people, companies in four states accusedUpdated: 53 minutes ago
NEW YORK – Criminal charges have been brought against more than two dozen individuals and corporations in four states in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling Web site, authorities said Wednesday.Authorities declined to name any of those charged. One of the corporations is an offshore Internet company with an American counterpart, said Kevin Ryan, a spokesman for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Ryan said the case is “one of the first times that a Web designer corporation and the companies that maintain the Web sites have been charged.”
Police said the arrests were made in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Nevada. The scheme involved placing sports bets through bookies via a secure Internet site.
He said the arrests by the district attorney’s office and the New York Police Department represent the first time that Internet gambling charges have been brought since President George W. Bush signed into law last month the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
Ryan said arrests had been made in four states, and “we have initiated a $500million asset forfeiture case,” one of the largest in state history.
The charges come after a two-year international investigation that focused on Internet gambling.
Brown and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly scheduled a midday news conference, at which seized cash and assets — including artwork, jewelry, gold coins and sports memorabilia — were to be displayed.
I had posted this under sportsbetting, it was a pure taking sports bets in the US arrest.
The scheme involved placing sports bets through bookies via a secure Internet site.
I wonder how this thing will affect the online marketing companies. Some of them have had good campaigns of casino/gambling web sites and some names are really big.
I can only shake my head. What next? Are they going to fly over to Europe and charge the bars for serving alcohol to “kids” that are under age in the USA jurisdiction even though it’s perfectly legal in Europe?
Doesn’t make much sense here, either.
Should start charging the architects of houses caught in drug busts, too! Weee!
Thanks for scaring the piss out of me by renewing this old thread…
