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Gambling News - 'Crime'
Legal
November 29, 2021
UK: Four Men Face Prison Time for Defrauding Ladbrokes and Coral with $886K
Four men in the UK are facing prison time for defrauding bookmakers out of more than $800,000 (£600,000). The men, who are aged between 33 and 59 years old, face sentences from nine months to four years in prison. The group was active from July 2020 until June 2021. Four Men Used Laminated Bills, Defraud […]
Industry
November 26, 2021
Mexican Preschool’s Win $950K from Lottery Brings about Gang Violence
A Mexican preschool won $950,000 from a government-backed lottery initiative designed to assist struggling communities and their educational systems. Yet, things went from a moment of triumph into a nightmare soon after as a local paramilitary group found out about the money and demanded payment to purchase weapons. “Los Petules” are just one of the […]
Casino
November 25, 2021
Man Who Spent GoFundMe Money on Gambling Enters Guilty Plea to Feds
A 42-year-old man from New Jersey who invented a heart-wrenching story to raise funds online in 2017 pleaded guilty in front of the U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman in Camden on Monday. Investigators named the man, Mark D’Amico, to be the mastermind behind the scam. Together with then-girlfriend Katelyn McClure and homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt […]
Casino
November 24, 2021
Human Trafficking Gang Used Funds to Gamble and Invest in Real Estate
A criminal group have used casinos to launder millions of ill-gotten funds obtained through the exploitation of Central American laborers who were forced to work in inhumane conditions across farms in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, and elsewhere court documents have revealed. According to the documents, the gang was a “modern-day slavery” operation which used the […]
Casino
November 24, 2021
Kids House of Seminole Accountant Allegedly Gambled with Stolen Charity Money
61-year-old Carrie Wagner is an ex-Kids House of Seminole accountant who was arrested after turning herself in for charges of embezzlement last Thursday. The Summa Cum Laude university graduate was taken into the custody of the Seminole County Jail for having plundered the Children’s Advocacy Center’s accounts. A Contrite Accountant Faces 58 Charges Wagner is accused of […]
Legal
November 23, 2021
Aussie Woman Addicted to Gambling App That Doesn’t Pay Out Real Money Steals $678K
In Australia, gambling represents a significant public health issue. Although approximately 0.5-1% of the adult population is experiencing problem gambling, some 250,000-350,000 Australians are experiencing at-risk gambling. Considering the ongoing pandemic, the online gambling activities in the country have spiked. In fact, a report from September this year suggested that online gambling spend in September […]
Casino
November 19, 2021
Minnesota Woman Gambles Embezzled Money, Avoids Prison Sentence
A woman from Minnesota will avoid a prison sentence after agreeing to repay restitution for the $40,000 she reportedly stolen from the Garrison Fire Department Relief Association in the state and used the money to gamble. The woman admitted guilt and has received leniency in the matter. However, her freedom will be contingent on her producing the missing funds, […]
Casino
November 19, 2021
Cambodia’s Police Frees 60 Thai Victims of Casino Human Traffickers
Cambodia is working hard to clean up its reputation for a country where overseas workers become the victims of nefarious parties. With the number of human trafficking going up in the underground online gambling sector and the United States issuing a warning to businesses to think twice before setting up shop in the country, authorities have had […]
Legal
November 17, 2021
Pennsylvania: Criminals Kidnap and Rob Parx Casino Visitor
After visiting Pennsylvania’s Parx Casino, a 46-yeard-old male was kidnapped by three masked men. The robbers tied him up and put him in a van. Once released, the victim contacted the police and found that the robbers have stolen cash, credit cards and a gun from his home. Casino Visitor Kidnapped and Robbed A 46-year-old […]
Casino
November 15, 2021
UAW Member to Appear in Court in Case of $2M Embezzlement
Another hearing is set for today in the case of Timothy Edmunds, a Michigan local representative for United Auto Workers, who has been detained and charged with embezzling $2 million from the fund’s money. He is set to appear in court today as he is currently “temporarily detained,” which means that he may still be […]