Legal
December 13, 2021
Women Face Charges Following Casino Identity Theft, Embezzlement
Last Friday, three Mississippi women faced a judge on charges of wire fraud and aggravated theft of identity. On September 8, a federal grand jury in Jackson indicted Crystal Holliday, 33, Annie J. Blalock 62 and Ashton Crouthers, 33, all of Union, MS, with a scheme to use wire fraud and identity theft in order […]
Sports
December 10, 2021
First UN Report on Global Corruption in Sports Outlines Challenges, Solutions
Illegal sports gambling is worth almost two trillion according to the latest UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released on Thursday. The organization claims that as much as $1.7 trillion is gambled illegally every year, in what is the first Global Report on Corruption in Sport. The report raises some urgency around the […]
Casino
December 10, 2021
Southern California Busts Criminal Gang Involved in Illegal Gambling
Reports about illegal gambling continue to abound across the United States. The people arrested in such operations often exceed the imagination in terms of the businesses they have been operating and the severity with which they have treated others. Now, Southern California has a response for one such organization. Southern California Takes Aim at Illegal […]
Casino
December 10, 2021
Malaysia Apprehends Five Gambling Syndicate Members in Raid
While many countries around the world still may lack a clear-cut way of regulating their gambling industries, the majority is unequivocal when it comes to enforcing the law in the case of illegal gambling. Malaysia is one such place where underhand operators are not treated kindly by authorities. In a recent ride in Taman Ungku […]
Casino
December 10, 2021
Richmond Money Launderer Ordered to Pay $1 Million to British Columbia
As a part of a civil forfeiture agreement, British Columbia is set to seize upwards of $1 million from Caixuan Qin, an alleged casino money launderer from Richmond, Vancouver. Qin was one of two members of Silver International, a crooked currency exchange. The company was the main subject in Canada’s most significant prosecution on money […]
Blockchain
December 6, 2021
Vietnam Takes Down $3.8B Crypto Gambling Ring
Vietnamese police authorities have busted a crypto gambling ring estimated at $3.8 billion based on the amount of gamblers’ money contributed. The news comes from Bloomberg, citing a report by state-owned broadcaster VTV. According to the report, this is one of the largest underhand crypto gambling operations discovered in the country, with a total of 59 suspects arrested. Arrests […]
Legal
December 3, 2021
Italian Police Arrested 12 Illegal Gambling Operation Suspects
The Italian federal police have caught 12 people who are suspected of being connected to illegal gambling websites, possibly operated by the Mafia. Operation Game Over II Seeks to Put End to Fraud According to the police, the arrestees are a part of an illegal gambling ring and were processing illegal online bets to Maltese […]
Legal
December 2, 2021
Used Car Salesman Scammed Car Dealers, Laundered Funds at Cincinnati Casino
According to an FBI affidavit, a man who ran a car sales fraud laundered his ill-gotten profits through a casino. Ismail Shalash, 36, is a Palestinian citizen who is currently on the run in Morocco. Fishy Online Car Sales Shalash’s scheme started with an online “business” selling luxury cars to car dealers. He sometimes went […]
Industry
December 1, 2021
Fraud.com Set to Combat the Rising Gambling Fraud Issue
According to a CNBC article in August, there has been a considerable jump in online fraud attempts in 2021 compared to previous years. According to cited data from a TransUnion report, the number of cybercriminals targeting the gaming sector soared to 393% worldwide. In the US, the gambling fraud rate reached close to 262%. Suspected […]
Sports
December 1, 2021
Singaporean Police Bust Illegal Gambling Operations, Investigate Suspects
Illegal gambling has no place in Singaporean society. This is the stern reminder local police authorities issued to over 50 individuals who were arrested or are being investigated for their association with illegal gambling activities in the country. Authorities conducted a total of three raids between October 29 and November 21, resulting in several arrests […]