Crime
Man Who Stole £19million From Company to Fund Gambling Addiction Sentenced
An IT manager who stole £19million from his company to help fund his gambling habit has been sentenced to 7 years jail time.
Jonathan Revill, 38, made a profit of £5.6million from a scam over a three year period. He was employed with a Leeds subsidiary company of GDF Suez – one of the world’s biggest energy companies with a billion pound turnover. It was there that Revill faked signatures to order company equipment worth £18,976,062.
Revill also once bet £300,000 on a single sporting fixture.
Pay Per Head Scammers Have Industry on Edge: Leads Investigated
Nearly everyone in the pay per head industry, most of which is based in Costa Rica, are outraged by a group of scammers that have inundated the Net with emails suggesting they have a direct relationship with the likes of respected PPH companies like WagerHome.com and Perhead.com.
Fake Affiliate Impersonating WagerHome.com, TheRx.com
Beware pay per head agents! Gambling911.com has been informed that a fake affiliate with no relationship to pay per head site WagerHome.com is emailing agents pretending to represent this company.
Romanian Princess Runs Afoul of Law in Cock Fighting Arrest: Pleads Not Guilty
(Associated Press) - Princess Irina Walker, the daughter of the last king of Romania, was hobnobbing two years ago with European royalty in Bucharest to celebrate the 90th birthday of her regal father.
On Friday, she and her husband, a former sheriff's deputy, appeared in federal court to face charges of running a cockfighting business on their ranch in rural Oregon. Both pleaded not guilty and were released pending trial.
2 NYC Men Who Ran Illegal Poker Games Tied to Art Gallery
Two men have pleaded guilty to illegally operating high-stakes New York City poker games with pots regularly reaching tens of thousands of dollars.
Prosecutors say Kirill Rapoport pleaded guilty Friday to conducting an illegal poker game, and William Barbalat pleaded guilty Wednesday to traveling in interstate commerce in aid of operating an illegal poker game.
Man tied to Russian Gambling Ring With Manhattan Art Gallery Ties Pleads Guilty
Kirill Rapoport, who was accused of participating in a gambling ring with Russian mob ties, pleaded guilty to running an illegal poker game on Friday.
Man Who Helped Prosecutor Pursue Notorious OKC Bookie Gets 16 Months Prison
OKLAHOMA CITY — (Associated Press) - A Nevada bookie has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in an illegal gambling operation.
Gary John Gibb of Reno was sentenced Thursday. He faced up to five years in prison but made a tearful plea for probation at Thursday's hearing.
The Oklahoman reported Gibb told U.S. District Judge David Russell that freedom is "so precious."
Romanian Princess Arrested in Cockfighting Bust
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (Associated Press) - A Romanian princess is apparently among several people who have been arrested in Eastern Oregon in connection with an alleged cockfighting ring.
Indictments unsealed Thursday in federal court in Portland charge 60-year-old Irina Walker and her husband, 67-year-old John Wesley Walker, with hosting cockfighting derbies and illegal gambling at their ranch outside the small Morrow County town of Irrigon.
Massive Multi-Billion Dollar Sports Betting Ring With Servers in Curacao Busted
A Plano, Texas sports betting ring with ties to the offshore gambling jurisdiction of Curacao has been busted by federal authorities. 18 people have been arrested in connection to this ring. *This story has been updated. See below.
NHL Tough Guy Denies Giving Convicted Mobster Whitey Bulger Stanley Cup Ring
(QMI Agency) - Former NHL tough guy Chris Nilan has denied the Stanley Cup ring owned by convicted Boston mob boss James (Whitey) Bulger originally belonged to him.
“Recent media reports have inaccurately asserted that James Bulger is in possession of a 1986 Stanley Cup ring given to him by me,” Nilan said in a statement. “Those reports have no basis in fact. James Bulger was never given a Stanley Cup ring by me at any time.”
No Contest Plea in Florida Allied Veterans of the World Gambling Scandal
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the former national commander of Allied Veterans of the World, Johnny Duncan, 66, has pleaded no contest to money laundering and operating an illegal lottery.
The scandal rocked Florida, resulting in a campaign to shutter the state’s Internet cafes based on the notion they were being used as illegal gambling houses. Florida’s Lieutenant Governor also resigned as a result of the scandal.
The prosecutors' No. 1 target, Jacksonville lawyer Kelly Mathis, was not due in court today. He is set for trial next month.
Vile High Club: Troon Vineyard Director Faces Prison for Having Oral Sex on Vegas-Bound Flight
An Oregon couple could face up to 90 days each in jail for having oral sex on board a flight to Las Vegas as other passengers watched on in horror.
The complaint, filed last week in U.S. District Court, alleges that beautician Jessica Stroble, 33, and vineyard owner Christopher Martin began getting frisky after an Allegiant Airlines flight departed Medford, Oregon for Nevada in late-June.
Indicted Online Poker Processor Chad Elie Tells All (Video)
One of the individuals charged with processing payments for online poker site Full Tilt Poker and two other rooms claims to have witnessed inappropriate funds transfers between Mark Shurtleff, John Swallow and indicted businessman Jeremy Johnson.
Elie, who was named as part of a series of sweeping indictments in April of 2011 and served five months prison time for bank fraud, sat down with the Salt Lake City Weekly to discuss the matter.
Verdict Reached in Whitey Bulger Case
A verdict has been reached in the trial of reputed Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. He has been found GUILTY of federal racketeering. He was found guilty in conspiring to murder in some of the 19 cases, but not all. He was found guilty of conspirng to kill Edward Connors, Paul McGonagle and Thomas King.
Men Arrested at Heathrow Airport for Blackmailing Online Casino, DDOS Attacks
Two Polish men were arrested at Heathrow Airport last week, suspected of blackmailing the Club World Casino website and forcing it offline August 2 via a Denial of Service attack. Such attacks result in massive pockets of worthless traffic directed at a target website, causing said site to be knocked offline.
German Banker Stole €8.4 million From Clients to Feed Online Gambling Habit
A 39-year-old banker is accused of taking approximately €8.4 million from clients while working at the in Buxtehude near Hamburg.
The unidentified individual appeared in a Stade District Court on Monday. He is alleged to have forged signatures along with stealing funds during a period from 2007 to 2010.
Co-Defendants in Adam Anhang Murder-for-Hire Case Plead Not Guilty
Marcia Rijos Iris Vazquez and her boyfriend, Jose Rafael Ferrer Sosa, have plead “not guilty” in the murder-for-hire of Adam Anhang. Marcia is the sister of Aurea Vazquez Rijos’ sister, Anhang’s estranged wife, who is alleged to have orchestrated Anhang’s brutal broad daylight murder on a busy intersection of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Hackers Switch to Digital Currency Perfect Money After Liberty Reserve Demise
(Reuters) - Three months after a team of international law enforcement officials raided the digital currency firm Liberty Reserve, cyber experts say criminals are increasingly turning to another online currency called Perfect Money.
Idan Aharoni, the head of cyber intelligence at EMC Corp's RSA security division, said that some online scam artists and thieves are using Perfect Money's digital currency to launder money and conceal profits in much the same way they allegedly did with Liberty Reserve's currency.
Aaron Hernandez’ Mom Arrested: Helped Run Illegal Sports Betting Business
The former New England Patriot charged with murder, Aaron Hernandez, has a mom who was once charged for her involvement in an illegal sports betting ring.
It was revealed this weekend that Terri Hernandez worked for an illegal bookie and was arrested on gambling charges in 2001.
No Verdict Reached in Whitey Bulger Trial as Jurors Sent Home for Weekend
BOSTON – (Associated Press) - Jurors in the racketeering trial of reputed crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger were sent home for the weekend after a fourth day of deliberations ended with no verdict.
The day was highlighted by an angry spat between prosecution and defense lawyers over a comment prosecutors said showed a defense lawyer is trying to influence jurors.
Whitey Bulger Jury Deliberations Enter 4th Day
BOSTON — (Associated Press) - Jurors in the Boston racketeering trial of reputed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger deliberated for a third day Thursday without reaching a verdict.
The 12-member federal jury will return to the jury room Friday morning.
Bulger, 83, is accused of playing a role in 19 killings during the 1970s and ‘80s as leader of the Winter Hill Gang, Boston’s murderous Irish mob. He was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011 after 16 years as one of the nation’s most wanted fugitives.
6 Nigerian Youths Set on Fire for Gambling
A Nigerian man set 6 youths on fire after they were discovered gambling in his back yard.
The incident occurred in the Oko area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital of Nigeria.
Ogun State police command, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, advised news media that an accelerant had been poured onto the youths, then they were set ablaze.
Another Man Pleads Guilty in Gambino Crime Family Gambling Case
A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty for his role in running an online gambling ring with ties to the Gambino crime family.
Richard "Big Baldy" Uva, 44, of Trumbull entered the plea Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith to conspiring to violate the federal Racketeer and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Uva faces up to 51 months in prison and a $75,000 fine.
He agreed to forfeit $87,268, or half of the $174,537 that law enforcement agents seized from him over two years ago along with another $162,731 within three years of his sentencing.
6 Plead Guilty in Bribery Linked to Choctaw Casino
TULSA, Okla. (Associated Press) — Six people linked to the construction of a Choctaw Nation casino pleaded guilty to bribery charges, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
Five of the six people — Lauri Parsons, her husband Brent Parsons, Cordell Bugg, James Stewart, and Mark Eshenroder — owned or worked for companies that performed work or sold materials for the construction of the Durant casino, the U.S. attorney's office for the eastern district of Oklahoma said. The other person, Allen Franklin, was a project manager for the tribe.
Motion Filed to Suppress Evidence in Illegal Gambling Case
A new motion has been filed in an attempt to suppress evidence in a sports betting case that involves Jack Parker. He is the father of Brett Parker, a South Carolina bookmaker who is currently serving a life sentence for murdering his wife and an employee.
The evidence in question is a copy of an 8-page budget that could implicate, not only Jack Parker, but his deceased daughter-in-law.
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Stoke City Striker Cameron Jerome Charged with Gambling Offenses
LONDON - (Reuters) - Stoke City striker Cameron Jerome has been charged with breaching unspecified Football Association regulations on betting, the governing body said on Monday.
Jerome, a former England Under-21 player, has admitted the charges and a date for an independent hearing will be set "in due course", the FA said on its website (www.thefa.com).
Potential Witness in Whitey Bulger Case Poisoned: Gangster Refuses to Testify
Authorities revealed Friday that a potential witness in the murder and racketeering case of Boston Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger had been poisoned.
William Camuti, 69, has since been charged with attempted murder in the death of Stephen Rakes.
Camuti allegedly laced a cup of McDonald's coffee with two teaspoons of potassium cyanide then gave it to Rakes for him to drink.
It is believed that Rakes owed Camuti money. Police are working on the assumption that Camuti acted alone and that the murder is not tied to the Bulger trial.
Lazio Captain Stefano Mauri Suspended Over Betting Scandal
(Canadian Press) - Lazio captain Stefano Mauri was banned for six months by the Italian football federation on Friday for his part in a match-fixing scandal.
Full Tilt Poker US Players to be Paid Soon
A US Justice Department Claims Administrator has concluded review of Full Tilt Poker balances and has advised that the payout process should begin shortly.
Softer Side of Gangster Whitey Bulger: Cuddling With Animals, Pedophile Priest
BOSTON (Associated Press) -- James "Whitey" Bulger's defense team has released photographs showing his softer side, including images of the reputed Boston gangster cuddling with animals.
The photos were filed late Wednesday.
