 Former
BetonSports Employee
Brought Down as Part
of Identity Theft
Ring
A former employee of
online gambling
company, BetonSports,
was charged with
conspiracy to commit
bank and wire fraud,
said the United
States Attorney for
the Southern
District of New York
on Monday.
Suspect Patrick
Kalonji, who had
worked in the credit
card department of
BetOnSports.com,
compromised some 150
customers private
information.
Kalonji, 27, a
native of the
Republic of Congo
and recent Canadian
resident, was
arrested in
Philadelphia Sunday
and faces up to 30
years in prison and
a $1 million fine if
convicted, said U.S.
Attorney Michael
Garcia.
Kalonji is charged
with sharing
personal information
-- like names, dates
of birth and Social
Security numbers --
with other ring
members for various
frauds, such as
making purchases
over the Internet.
BetOnSports ceased
operations in 2006
after it and several
of the online
gambling firm's
executives were
indicted on various
charges of
conspiracy, money
laundering and tax
evasion.
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Gambling911.com News
Wire - Originally
published June 23,
2008 7:54 pm EST
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