[MBENZ]

Serves the thief right.

The dumb ass set foot in the only Carribean nation that routinely agrees to arrest bookies for the US gov. (Dom Rep)

Guy has shit for brains.

Sean

Where did you see this...best friggin news I've heard all day.Asshole got me for 4 figures,but if they keep his ass in the can for awhile,it would make life better.Now if they could only round up the rest of the tribe including his front man RAIDERS

[tacomax]

Founder of BetonSports Arrested

ST. LOUIS, March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gary Stephen Kaplan was
arrested late Wednesday, March 28, in the Dominican Republic, U.S. Attorney
Catherine L. Hanaway for the Eastern District of Missouri announced today.
The arrest stems from a federal grand jury indictment returned in the
Eastern District of Missouri on June 1, 2006. The indictment names Kaplan
and 10 other individuals and four corporations. In 22 counts, the
indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in racketeering, conspiracy
and fraud, arising from the operation of Costa Rica-based internet gambling
businesses, including BetonSports.com. Kaplan, 48, is personally charged
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.
After Kaplan's arrest in the Dominican Republic, he was sent by
Dominican authorities to Puerto Rico for an initial appearance before a
U.S. Magistrate Judge. The Magistrate Judge will be asked to order that
Kaplan be sent to St. Louis immediately or be held in custody pending a
removal hearing to remove him to St. Louis, and for a detention hearing to
hold him without bond.
"This case helps to establish the effectiveness of the Interpol System
of executing international arrest warrants. Officials at Interpol as well
as officials with the Dominican Republic are to be commended for their
cooperation with U.S. authorities," said U.S. Attorney Hanaway. "This was a
worldwide search, and thanks to the assistance of many law enforcement
agencies this fugitive will soon be back in St. Louis to face the charges
against him."
BetonSports PLC, a British publicly-traded holding company that owns a
number of Internet sportsbooks and casinos, was among the companies charged
in the indictment. It is under a federal injunction to halt its illegal
gambling business activities in the U.S. and to return its U.S. based
depositor funds.
The indictment alleges that Gary Kaplan and Norman Steinberg, as the
owners and operators of BetonSports affiliated websites and sportsbooks,
took, or caused their employees to take, bets from undercover federal
agents in St. Louis, who used undercover identities to open wagering
accounts. The indictment also alleges that Kaplan and a Florida business,
Mobile Promotions, illegally transported equipment used to place bets and
transmit wagering information across state lines and that a related Florida
business, DME Global Marketing and Fulfillment, shipped equipment to Costa
Rica from Florida, for BetonSports.com.
The racketeering conspiracy charge alleges that the defendants agreed
to conduct an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering acts, including
repeated mail fraud, wire fraud, operation of an illegal gambling business
and money laundering.
Co-owner Norman Steinberg is still at large, as is co-defendant Peter
Wilson. Other defendants, including former BetonSports PLC director, David
Carruthers, were arrested in 2006. Carruthers was arrested in Texas, on
July 17, 2006. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson
and no trial date has been set.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the
Eastern District of Missouri and the Criminal Division's Organized Crime
and Racketeering Section.
The charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations, and each
defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice

[jjgold]

Calvin is next

[MBENZ]

THANKS TACO

[tacomax]

Now if they could only round up the rest of the tribe including his front man RAIDERS

Raiders will shortly be announcing that there is no problem here and that Gary Kaplan will be released next week.

[MBENZ]

Raiders will shortly be announcing that there is no problem here and that Gary Kaplan will be released next week.

Unless raiders knows a mod that will delete his previous post and he has half a brain(highly questionable),he will likely let this incident go under the radar.Of course,there is still the escrow money out there

[MBENZ]

Tankster=raiders

[jumper]

i read that costa rican authorities will be aiding the capture of other wanted bookmakers in costa rica.time everyone move to antigua thats still in business,i never thought the u.s. govt. could slam the door on online gaming

[Shuswapper]

Times change. The comment from Catherine Hannaway about Interpol should send chills down the spines of C. Ayre and his henchmen. Ayre better enjoy Antigua.

[JoshW]

I think the charges are BS. But I am happy to see a guy that has stiffed so many players, likely going to jail.