Crime

Bellagio Chip Bandit Arrested After Sending Private Messages on TwoPlusTwo Forum

Alleged Bellagio Chip Bandit Unmasked: We Have His Booking Photo

Joe Francis - Indicted Over Alleged $2M Gambling Debt

Murder, Extortion, Gambling, Drug Dealing Detailed in Mob Indictments

Poker Pro Accused of Killing Parents Enjoyed Success Pre-2007

The California man accused of killing his parents owed substantial amounts of money to his financier who helped secure him seats at various poker tournaments.

Ernie Scherer III is standing trial for the murder of his parents.  Ernie Scherer Jr., a poker player himself, and his wife, Charlene Abendroth, were found brutally murdered in their Castlewood Country Club home in 2008.  Both had been beaten and stabbed.

Aussie Poker Pro In Major Coke Bust

Boyfriend of Disney Employee Traded “Insider Info” to Support Gambling Habit

The boyfriend of an ex-Disney employee was sentenced to two years and three months for trying to sell access to Mickey Mouse’s financial secrets.

Prosecutors contend that Yonni Sebbag, the boyfriend of former Walt Disney Co. administrative assistant Bonnie Hoxie, contacted dozens of hedge funds and investment companies in an effort to sell “insider trading secrets” as a means of supporting his gambling addiction.

The FBI was alerted upon learning that Sebbag offered $15,000 for the information. 

Paper Checks, Wires, Western Unions: No Easy Bait For Online Poker Fish

Ernest Scherer Murder Trial to be Featured on CBS “48 Hours Mystery”

In Wake of Mob Busts, There Will Be a Blood Bath!

Another Guilty Plea In Maryland Online Poker Investigation

Another individual has plead guilty in an expansive Internet gambling investigation being conducted by the US Attorney’s Office out of Baltimore, Maryland.

Martin Loftus from California, plead guilty to one count of money laundering on behalf of online poker operations.  Like his colleague James Davitt, Loftus has agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in both Maryland and New York. 

Attorney for Joran van der Sloot Demands his Client be Released From Prison

Thursday’s Crackdown On The Mob Will Have Little Effect On Gambling In US

New York City Mob Takedown: Full DOJ Press Release, Names Of Those Charged

Total of 127 Individuals Charged in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Manhattan, N.Y.; Newark, N.J.; and Providence, R.I.

WASHINGTON - Ninety-one members and associates of seven organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including the New England LCN family, all five New York-based families and the New Jersey-based Decavalcante family have been charged with federal crimes in 16 indictments returned in four judicial districts, announced Attorney General Eric Holder. Another 36 defendants also have been charged for their roles in alleged associated criminal activity.