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 […]
Legal
November 12, 2021
Woman Charged with Stealing $1M from Cousin’s Bingo Ticket
The phrase blood is thicker than water was put to a test in the case of Iris Amador Argueta, a 32-year-old resident of Houston, Texas, who has been charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing a $1 million lottery ticket from her Long Island-based cousin. Argueta was named in a joint press release by the […]
Legal
November 11, 2021
Former Kappa Alpha Psi Finance Director Pleaded Guilty of Embezzling
A former financial director of Kappa Alpha Psi who stole nearly $3 million from the organization pleaded guilty during the court hearing this week, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Check Embezzlement Scheme Former Kappa Alpha Psi financial director Curtis D. Anderson, who diligently worked his way up the ladder at one of the nation’s largest and […]
Casino
November 11, 2021
Patron Robbed of $40K After He Leaves Rivers Casino De Plaines
On his way out of Rivers Casino De Plaines in Illinois, a patron was accosted by two unidentified perpetrators and robbed at gunpoint earlier this week. 34-year-old Cordero Supe lost $40,000 and several valuables, including his phone and watch, in the attack, the victim alleges, as the police investigation is ongoing. Victim Approached by a […]
Casino
November 10, 2021
Gambling Companies to Return $1.5M in Healthcare Embezzlement Case
The United Kingdom recently sentenced a general practitioner to three years and four months in prison after he had been found out to have siphoned off approximately $1.5 million from a healthcare organization to fuel his short spell of gambling. In the wake of the discoveries and Dr Rumi Chhapia’s sentence, the gambling companies that […]
Legal
November 9, 2021
Former Horse Data Analyst Sentenced for Fudging Wagering Results
Jack Bentham, a recovering gambling addict and a former horse racing analyst at PA Media, has been sentenced to ten months in prison after he was found guilty of manipulating race data to better reflect his own picks. Effectively, he robbed bettors, who had placed winning bets, of their proceedings by altering the data to […]
Casino
November 8, 2021
China Busts $250M Illegal Gambling Junket Operator
Chinese authorities continue to pursue action against illegal gambling. With China prohibiting all forms of games of chance and pursuing wrongdoers overseas, anything but the National Lottery is illegal. In the latest move, authorities in the Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces have busted a criminal operation that offered junket services and flew Chinese high rollers to […]
Casino
November 8, 2021
FBI Highlights Risks of Cyber Attacks on Tribal Casinos
The FBI has everyone on high alert as the casino industry has been buffeted by repeat ransomware attacks for five years now. The past several years have exposed weaknesses in the way casinos protect their customers’ data or rather, a renewed effort on behalf of nefarious parties who have been actively assaulting businesses on US […]
Legal
November 8, 2021
Bicycle Hotel & Casino Settles $500K Agreement with DOJ
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has settled a $500,000 non-prosecution agreement with the operators of the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens. The move has to do with violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, DoJ said in a Friday release. The casino admitted to having failed to file reports for a Chinese patron […]