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Second Indictment Against BetonSports, Founder, CEO

Written by:

C Costigan

Published on:

Sep/05/2008

The US Government issued a second superseding indictment against BetonSports founder Gary Kaplan on Thursday.

The founder of BetonSports.com, Kaplan, now 49, was charged in July of 2006 with 20 felony violations of federal laws including: the Wire Act, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Conspiracy, interstate transportation of gambling paraphernalia, interference with the administration of Internal Revenue laws and tax evasion.

Several other individuals including family members were also indicted at that time. The superseding indictment has been issued against them as well, including former CEO David Carruthers.

Earlier last month, three plead guilty in the same matter. William Hernan Lenis, his son, Will Lenis, and nephew Manny Lenis entered the pleas in St. Louis. Attorneys for the Miami men said they were minor players caught up in a high-profile investigation.

Kaplan and Carruthers have not yet plead in the matter.

BetonSports, once the largest offshore sports book catering to the North American bettor, shut down immediately after the indictments were announced.

Kaplan had remained on the lam until he was arrested in the Dominican Republic carrying several different country passports. He was brought back to the United States and refused bail.

Carruthers has been allowed to travel within a certain perimeter while on house arrest outside of St. Louis. He was recently granted permission to run the Boston Marathon.

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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher

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