Feds bust up another gambling ring in Westchester County (NY), in NJ, and in NYC. 18 were arrested and bets were made through computers and once agin Costa Rica is involved. They say 2 million $ a week were bet through this operation. They are saying as much as 100,000$ was bet per game by some people. Can anyone guess how much money is bet through NYC and NJ in any given day? Millions.
WagerWeb, Others Mentioned in Online Gambling Bust
Handle was two million dollars a week according to Westchester Country District Attorney Janet DiFiore and Harrison Police Chief David Hall who announced the weekend arrests of eighteen individuals as a result of an eighteen month long investigation into an illegal sports betting ring operating from the town of Harrison, New Jersey.
Adam Green (DOB 10/25/72) of 159 East 30th street, New York New York was charged with one count of Enterprise Corruption, a class “B” Felony and Anthony Giovaniello (DOB 1/01/70) of 66 Newman Avenue, Hawthorne, New York was charged with one count of Enterprise Corruption, a class “B” Felony.
Sixteen additional individuals were charged crimes including Enterprise Corruption and various other crimes including narcotics possession and illegal firearms.
Over 200 law enforcement officers, including 25 investigators from the Westchester County District Attorney’s office, along with the Harrison Police, Greenburgh Police, New York City Police, New York State Police, New Jersey State Attorney General’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration all participated. Additionally, local police departments from New Rochelle, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, White Plains, Yonkers and Yorktown provided assistance.
Saturday’s arrests are the result of an investigation that was initiated through information developed by the Harrison Police in October, 2005. A total of thirty locations were targeted in five metropolitan area counties: Westchester, The Bronx, Manhattan in New York and Essex and Somerset in New Jersey.
Forty four search warrants were executed; over one million dollars in cash seized, 15 vehicles and 2 illegal handguns were confiscated along with computers, cell phones and other evidence.
The operation worked through approximately 60 related websites, such as www.betoss.com, www.wagerweb.com, www.pacificsportsbook.com, and www.betasb.com.
According to a press release issued by the Westchester County DA:
"These Internet gambling website companies have numerous bookmakers utilizing their services and apparently charge the bookmakers, among other things, a price per head (PPH) for each active bettor a bookmaker has betting with that enterprise.
"Once the bookmaker opens an account for a bettor with the Internet gambling website office the bettor is given an account number and a password. The bettor has the option of calling a toll free number and dealing with a clerk in the Internet gambling website office as to finding out his monetary balance, the betting lines (odds) for future contingent sporting events and for placing bets on such games.
"The bettor has the other option of utilizing a computer to access his account (using his password) on the Internet gambling website and find out, among other things, his monetary gambling balance, the betting lines for future contingent sporting events and to place monetary bets on such events.
"An individual who has a group of bettors betting with a bookmaker’s operation and is a partner with that bookmaker to the extent of those bettors is called a “sheet-holder”. All of the bets are recorded on the Internet gambling website and tallied.
"Some of the Internet gambling websites, as here, call a sheet-holder an “agent” and call the bookmaker a “master agent”. The master agent’s account lists all of his agents and under each agent are listed each of that agent’s bettors’ accounts and corresponding passwords. Some of the agents and also some sheet-holders, in addition to having their own bettors, also have sheet-holders listed in their respective accounts."
There have been no reported disruptions in WagerWeb.com's operation. The company itself is not named as a defendant in this case. WagerWeb stopped accepting new US clients following passage of the UIGEA this past October.
Handle was two million dollars a week according to Westchester Country District Attorney Janet DiFiore and Harrison Police Chief David Hall who announced the weekend arrests of eighteen individuals as a result of an eighteen month long investigation into an illegal sports betting ring operating from the town of Harrison, New Jersey.
Adam Green (DOB 10/25/72) of 159 East 30th street, New York New York was charged with one count of Enterprise Corruption, a class “B” Felony and Anthony Giovaniello (DOB 1/01/70) of 66 Newman Avenue, Hawthorne, New York was charged with one count of Enterprise Corruption, a class “B” Felony.
Sixteen additional individuals were charged crimes including Enterprise Corruption and various other crimes including narcotics possession and illegal firearms.
Over 200 law enforcement officers, including 25 investigators from the Westchester County District Attorney’s office, along with the Harrison Police, Greenburgh Police, New York City Police, New York State Police, New Jersey State Attorney General’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration all participated. Additionally, local police departments from New Rochelle, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, White Plains, Yonkers and Yorktown provided assistance.
Saturday’s arrests are the result of an investigation that was initiated through information developed by the Harrison Police in October, 2005. A total of thirty locations were targeted in five metropolitan area counties: Westchester, The Bronx, Manhattan in New York and Essex and Somerset in New Jersey.
Forty four search warrants were executed; over one million dollars in cash seized, 15 vehicles and 2 illegal handguns were confiscated along with computers, cell phones and other evidence.
The operation worked through approximately 60 related websites, such as www.betoss.com, www.wagerweb.com, www.pacificsportsbook.com, and www.betasb.com.
According to a press release issued by the Westchester County DA:
"These Internet gambling website companies have numerous bookmakers utilizing their services and apparently charge the bookmakers, among other things, a price per head (PPH) for each active bettor a bookmaker has betting with that enterprise.
"Once the bookmaker opens an account for a bettor with the Internet gambling website office the bettor is given an account number and a password. The bettor has the option of calling a toll free number and dealing with a clerk in the Internet gambling website office as to finding out his monetary balance, the betting lines (odds) for future contingent sporting events and for placing bets on such games.
"The bettor has the other option of utilizing a computer to access his account (using his password) on the Internet gambling website and find out, among other things, his monetary gambling balance, the betting lines for future contingent sporting events and to place monetary bets on such events.
"An individual who has a group of bettors betting with a bookmaker’s operation and is a partner with that bookmaker to the extent of those bettors is called a “sheet-holder”. All of the bets are recorded on the Internet gambling website and tallied.
"Some of the Internet gambling websites, as here, call a sheet-holder an “agent” and call the bookmaker a “master agent”. The master agent’s account lists all of his agents and under each agent are listed each of that agent’s bettors’ accounts and corresponding passwords. Some of the agents and also some sheet-holders, in addition to having their own bettors, also have sheet-holders listed in their respective accounts."
There have been no reported disruptions in WagerWeb.com's operation. The company itself is not named as a defendant in this case. WagerWeb stopped accepting new US clients following passage of the UIGEA this past October.
WOW the united states is kicking ass killing crime.......NOT........why dont the government get some balls and impeach bush and his boys then the government would be doing a real service for the american people.i guess lying to the american people,letting americans die each and every day overseas is ok for this money hungery bush and his clones.had the United States gone down the crapper with it policies and trying to police eveyone ,including the whole word or what........ck
