BOS/ DOJ Monday 7-31-06

Search

And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
15,481
Tokens
BETONSPORTS DIRECTORS UNLIKELY TO SHOW UP IN ST. LOUIS

But the company will be paying for CEO's legal costs as he seeks bail

The St. Louis Post-Despatch today (Monday) published an article on the BetonSports clash with American federal authorities due to be heard in court this afternoon.

Two matters will be heard. In one the dismissed CEO of BetonSports, David Carruthers will be arraigned on charges from a Missouri grand jury indictment, to which his lawyer Tim Evans has already said he will plead not guilty. Evans will also attempt to have Carruthers released on bail, which has thus far been opposed by the Department of Justice since he was arrested on July 16.

The other hearing will be on a federal district court restraining order granted to federal authorities to stop BetonSports from accepting bets from US gamblers and return deposits to US gamblers. The order expires today (July 31) and thus far BetonSports has closed its main site to US players but as far as is known has not complied with other requirements of the order.

The Despatch speculates on whether any of the overseas directors of BetonSports will be present at the hearings, and expresses doubt that they will, quoting "an industry insider" who said his job was at risk if he publicly identified himself, but revealed that executives at BetOnSports have discussed ignoring federal prosecutors' biggest effort in years to shut down offshore gambling and sports betting.

Other sources report that even though not present, BetonSports has confirmed they will be footing the bill for what are likely to be substantial legal costs incurred by Carruthers.

Interviewed by the Despatch, US attorney Catherine Hanaway who has been one of the driving forces behind the prosecutions refused to go into detail on likely outcomes if BetonSports ignored the court efforts, saying only: "There are further steps that could be taken down the line."

She also would not comment on whether any other cases are pending against online gambling operations. Asked if her office would pursue individual gamblers, Hanaway said, "We will continue to go after the worst first."

Today's court hearing has been called to discuss a restraining order that would ban BetOnSports from accepting business from the U.S., provide refunds for customers and force the company and executives to give up their business records, $4.5 billion and other property.

The federal government claims in court filings that BetOnSports took in more than $3.5 billion just from 2001 to 2004, by using more than 700 Web addresses and dozens of toll-free numbers to take bets. Federal investigators have reviewed company files, placed undercover bets and tracked the bets of 18 gamblers who used Western Union to send money, including two in the St. Louis area who sent a total of $40 000.

The company's most recent annual report adds almost $1.1 billion to that total from the 9.9 million bets placed online and over the phone in 2005. The 2.9 million phone bets averaged about $201 apiece, compared with the average bet of $72 for the 7 million bets placed online.

Federal prosecutors say that the company fraudulently claimed that its gambling was "legal and licensed." BetOnSports is also alleged to have committed wire and mail fraud by allowing U.S. residents to make bets, send money and accept money on the Internet and through telephone lines and by allowing gamblers to receive payment through couriers, court documents say.

BetOnSports has spent millions advertising its services through fliers mailed to St. Louis and across the country, as well as on television, radio and Internet ads that tout it as the "world's largest, legal and licensed sportsbook," according to documents filed by federal prosecutors. The company parked a logo-wrapped RV near sports stadiums in St. Louis and elsewhere to sign up gamblers, including an undercover federal agent.

http://www.online-casinos.com/news/news2605.asp
 

New member
Joined
Sep 20, 2004
Messages
29,752
Tokens
The federal government claims in court filings that BetOnSports took in more than $3.5 billion just from 2001 to 2004, by using more than 700 Web addresses and dozens of toll-free numbers to take bets. Federal investigators have reviewed company files, placed undercover bets and tracked the bets of 18 gamblers who used Western Union to send money, including two in the St. Louis area who sent a total of $40 000.


That is a bit scarey....40k is not a lot from 2 people sending to BoS. Makes you really wonder, how much they are watching all of us....:modemman:
 

And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
15,481
Tokens
Gaming group 'shared offices with the mob'

<CITE class=byline>Mark Odell, London</CITE> <CITE class=author></CITE>August 01, 2006

BETONSPORTS, the internet gaming company at the centre of a US investigation, shared offices in Costa Rica as recently as last year with a company that US authorities claim is linked to the Bonannos, one of New York's five notorious mob families.


The link emerged just ahead of an expected bail hearing in St Louis, Missouri, yesterday for David Carruthers, the sacked chief executive of BetonSports, who was arrested in the US last month on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud. Safe Deposit Sports, which US prosecutors allege is part of a multi-million-dollar illegal gambling ring controlled by one of America's best-known organised crime families, was a sub-tenant of BetonSports at its operations centre in Costa Rica until just over a year ago.
BetonSports chairman Clive Parritt said SDS was evicted from the leased premises in spring 2005 after it was named in an indictment by US authorities against 36 individuals, charged with running an illegal gambling ring that took in $US360 million in just over two years. The indictment names Anthony Urso, also known as Tony Green, the reputed acting boss of the Bonanno family, as the recipient of a "monthly tribute" from the gambling operation in return for protection.
Mr Parritt insisted links with SDS went no further than that of sub-tenant. "To the best of my knowledge, there are no links between BetonSports Plc post-flotation and organised crime," he said.
Mr Parritt has been chairman of the online gaming company since BetonSports listed in London in June 2004. He has been unable to communicate with Mr Carruthers since his arrest and last week the board sacked the imprisoned chief executive on advice of the company's US lawyers.
Some US legal experts believe the case is more focused on the activities of Gary Kaplan, the founder of BetonSports, and his family and associates than on the company. Mr Kaplan, who has disappeared since the arrest of Mr Carruthers and is thought to be in Israel, is a New Yorker by birth and still owns 15 per cent of BetonSports.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19973206-36375,00.html
 

And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
15,481
Tokens
Figures in BETonSPORTS indictment plead innocent
Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:52 PM BST
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Several figures indicted in the U.S. crackdown on online bookmaker BETonSPORTS Plc pleaded innocent in U.S. District court on Monday to racketeering, fraud and other charges.
But David Carruthers, the fired chief executive of BETonSPORTS who was arrested earlier this month, did not appear in court to face charges as originally scheduled. The U.S. attorney's office in St. Louis said the timing of Carruthers' arraignment had been changed, adding it may be later.
Carruthers, a British citizen, was nabbed by U.S. authorities on July 16 at a Texas airport while en route to Costa Rica and was to be transported to St. Louis.
A week after his arrest, Carruthers was fired by the company, which said he could not fulfill his duties while in custody.
After Carruthers' arrest, the government unsealed a 22- count indictment charging 11 individuals and four corporations with racketeering, money laundering, tax evasion and fraud.
British-based BETonSPORTS, which has complied with a U.S. judge's order to stop accepting wagers from the United States, did not send a lawyer to the hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Ann Medler.
Entering not guilty pleas before Judge Medler were Neil Kaplan, Lori Kaplan-Multz, Tim Brown, William H. Lenis, William L. Lenis, Manny Lenis and Monica Lenis. All have been free on bond.
The Kaplans are related to BETonSPORTS' founder, Gary Kaplan, who is the subject of a U.S. arrest warrant and is at large. Brown once held a low-level position at BETonSPORTS, while the Lenis family members held positions with Florida firms involved in the online betting operation.
An attorney for one of those Florida firms, DME Global Marketing & Fulfillment Inc., entered a not guilty plea, while two other companies did not enter pleas.
 

And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
15,481
Tokens
"But David Carruthers, the fired chief executive of BETonSPORTS who was arrested earlier this month, did not appear in court to face charges as originally scheduled. The U.S. attorney's office in St. Louis said the timing of Carruthers' arraignment had been changed, adding it may be later."

how much later?
 

Active member
Joined
Jun 20, 2000
Messages
71,780
Tokens
I thought you where late on this article Max and forgot to post it .... what was I thinking!
 

And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
15,481
Tokens
Dante said:
I thought you where late on this article Max and forgot to post it .... what was I thinking!

Sorry for being late on the report. I was eating my Philidelphia Roll in the break room when this hit
 

Member
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
520
Tokens
fivestarjake said:
so if they were released on bond wouldnt it be fair that carruthers gets it also


Those are american companies and american citizens that the gov't. doesn't deem to be a flight risk, unlike Carruthers.
 
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
28,775
Tokens
The flight into St. Louis was apparently delayed. Hearing pushed back until later this afternoon (4:30est?)
 

New member
Joined
May 7, 2006
Messages
4,821
Tokens
Any books got odds on those people fleeing? If so, I'll take yes for the max.

It's 90 miles from Cuba and they'll take the risk. It's tough to get to the U.S from Cuba because of lack of boats. I know two guys from Ireland (Not the brightest guys) who got wasted and took 2 jetskis to Cuba from Key West.

-Sean
 

And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
15,481
Tokens
Lawyers for BetOnSports failed to appear in court
By Robert Patrick
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
07/31/2006
Lawyers for BetOnSports, the second or third-largest online betting and gambling company, failed to show up in federal court in St. Louis this morning to answer criminal charges of racketeering and fraud.
Federal prosecutors said the company had been served with the appropriate paperwork, including papers given to former BetOnSports CEO David Carruthers upon his arrest in Texas. The U.S. Attorney’s office is researching what sanctions will be requested against the company.
Carruthers, who has since been fired, was also not present. His lawyer said he was in transit from Texas and his arraignment is expected later today.
All of the other criminal defendants pleaded not guilty either in person or through lawyers, including one other company, DME Global Marketing & Fulfillment Inc.
A lawyer for DME said lawyers or representatives of two other companies that had been charged, Direct Mail Expertise Inc. and Mobil Promotions Inc., were unlikely to show up because the companies had gone out of business.
"Then we’ll just have to take you into custody," U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Ann Medler joked.
The companies and employees have been charged in federal court in St. Louis with a 22-count indictment that alleges that BetOnSports allowed U.S. gamblers to bet and gamble billions of dollars even though the company knew it was illegal.
DME Global and the other companies are accused of providing advertising and promotional services and helping sign up customers.


http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/1002935D9B4A9B48862571BC00641AB0?OpenDocument
 

Member
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
520
Tokens
sean1 said:
Any books got odds on those people fleeing? If so, I'll take yes for the max.

It's 90 miles from Cuba and they'll take the risk. It's tough to get to the U.S from Cuba because of lack of boats. I know two guys from Ireland (Not the brightest guys) who got wasted and took 2 jetskis to Cuba from Key West.

-Sean


First of all these individuals and companies that showed up today pleaded guilty, unlike D.C., not to mention are not the primary focus of the DOJ, which is BoS. Quite a big decision for an american that's been living in america his entire life to become a fugitive from justice in another country for something that in all likelihood may get them several years of probabation and fines. Not very likely in my opinion.
 

New member
Joined
Nov 18, 2005
Messages
520
Tokens
Betonsports fires David C. but is going to foot the bill for his legal team. Why not, you got millions of dollars of players funds to spend.
 

SHUT THE FUCK UP
Joined
Feb 11, 2006
Messages
394
Tokens
RalphJ said:
First of all these individuals and companies that showed up today pleaded guilty, unlike D.C., not to mention are not the primary focus of the DOJ, which is BoS. Quite a big decision for an american that's been living in america his entire life to become a fugitive from justice in another country for something that in all likelihood may get them several years of probabation and fines. Not very likely in my opinion.

INCORRECT

Entering not guilty pleas before Judge Medler were Neil Kaplan, Lori Kaplan-Multz, Tim Brown, William H. Lenis, William L. Lenis, Manny Lenis and Monica Lenis. All have been free on bond.
 

RX Prophet
Joined
Jul 23, 2006
Messages
1,217
Tokens
Robert Arias said:
INCORRECT

Entering not guilty pleas before Judge Medler were Neil Kaplan, Lori Kaplan-Multz, Tim Brown, William H. Lenis, William L. Lenis, Manny Lenis and Monica Lenis. All have been free on bond.

Entering a not guilty plea at arrangment is pretty much standard procedure, even if you're going to cut a plea deal later. Very few Federal indictments actually go to trial so a plea deal is very likely--particularly for these minor players.
 

Member
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
520
Tokens
Robert Arias said:
INCORRECT

Entering not guilty pleas before Judge Medler were Neil Kaplan, Lori Kaplan-Multz, Tim Brown, William H. Lenis, William L. Lenis, Manny Lenis and Monica Lenis. All have been free on bond.


You're correct about that, my mistake. But, they are not the focus of this situation. They want G. and BoS executives. Not saying these advertising companies and Kaplans brother and sister aren't going to get in trouble, but it's certainly not going to be a long prison stint, if prison at all. It wouldn't make much sense for them to become fugitives from american justice, their crimes aren't that severe.
 

And if the Road Warrior says it, it must be true..
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
15,481
Tokens
Judge extends BETonSPORTS' ban on US bets
Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:51 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday extended for a second time her order barring BETonSPORTS Plc from taking wagers from U.S. bettors.

Prosecutors suggested the extension until August 14 while they answer questions posed by U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson concerning whether the online bookmaker was served with the charges correctly at its offices in Britain and Costa Rica.

The U.S. attorney in St. Louis had asked the judge to make the ban on U.S. bets permanent. BETonSPORTS has complied with the order so far.

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/ne...CH-LEISURE-BETONSPORTS-COL.XML&archived=False
 

Forum statistics

Threads
1,106,901
Messages
13,439,380
Members
99,343
Latest member
manojkumarone17
The RX is the sports betting industry's leading information portal for bonuses, picks, and sportsbook reviews. Find the best deals offered by a sportsbook in your state and browse our free picks section.FacebookTwitterInstagramContact Usforum@therx.com