David Carruthers Calls on Colleagues to Rally SupportDavid Carruthers, ex-chief executive of BetonSports, has sent a letter asking for individuals at the company’s former advisers to lobby the UK government, the EU and UK and European Members of Parliament on his behalf as part of his attempts to use the recent WTO decision as part of his defence. This according to eGaming Review Magazine.
This news comes the same day BetonSports founder, Gary Kaplan, has plead "Not Guilty" yesterday to racketeering and conspiracy charges related to the British online gambling company's allegedly illegal acceptance of bets from the U.S.
Kaplan, 48, entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Mary Ann Medler in St. Louis federal court, 10 months after U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment against him. He was apprehended in the Dominican Republic in March.
"You understand the nature of the charges? I can't read them all," Medler asked Kaplan of the 20-count indictment. "Yes," Kaplan responded.
Prosecutors claimed London-based BetonSports and Kaplan, along with former CEO David Carruthers and nine other defendants, violated U.S. laws against Internet gambling. They're demanding the company forfeit $4.5 billion.
Carruthers has remained under house arrest outside of St. Louis.
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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com
Originally published May 15, 2007 12:10 pm ET
