Feds want to see Money In and Money Out.
they don't care if it's for the phone bill or to pay off a gambling debt.
if a company/individual based in the USA has been getting large checks/wires over the years...
anyway, when you send money to a book they keep it in the bank, the bank has records, those records are going to the feds...
When the Feds see routine six figure settlements from neteller you think they are gonna blow that off? hell no their gonna want a break down of that stuff.
oh wait what am I thinking, the feds settled the civil case in return for these records because they are nice guys. nevermind:modemman:
they don't care if it's for the phone bill or to pay off a gambling debt.
if a company/individual based in the USA has been getting large checks/wires over the years...
anyway, when you send money to a book they keep it in the bank, the bank has records, those records are going to the feds...
When the Feds see routine six figure settlements from neteller you think they are gonna blow that off? hell no their gonna want a break down of that stuff.
oh wait what am I thinking, the feds settled the civil case in return for these records because they are nice guys. nevermind:modemman:
here are the details.....
CATHERINE L. HANAWAY
United States Attorney
NEWS RELEASE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For further information: Call Public Affairs Officer Jan Diltz at (314) 539-7719
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
November 9, 2006
For Immediate Release
BETONSPORTS, PLC BARRED FROM OPERATING IN THE U.S. DUE TO PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Case #4:06CV01064 CEJ
St. Louis, Missouri: BETONSPORTS, PLC and the United States have reached an agreement to an Order of Permanent Injunction, building upon the Temporary Restraining Order previously entered on July 17, 2006, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.
The court found that Betonsports PLC, a publicly traded holding company incorporated in the United Kingdom, did business in the United States by conducting illegal gambling businesses that offered wagering on sports and sporting events through Internet web sites and toll-free telephone services. Betonsports PLC took in wagers amounting to $1,104,519,000 in 2002, $1,238,459,000 in 2003 and $1,252,328,000 in 2004. Ninety-eight percent of this money was illegally taken in as sports wagers from gamblers in the United States, who placed their bets using toll-free telephone services and Internet web sites in reliance on fraudulent representations that to do so was legal. In fact, the Court found that such online gambling violates federal law. The Court’s extensive findings of fact supporting the Permanent Injunction were based upon the record of the firm’s and its associates’ criminal conduct, a record that Betonsports PLC did not challenge (although it did not formally admit the factual findings).
Pursuant to the permanent injunction, the following requirements apply to BetonSports PLC, its agents, contractors and other entities, its officers, employees and all persons participating in or assisting in the operation. They are prohibited:
(1) from continuing to perpetrate a fraudulent scheme of operating an illegal gambling business through Internet web sites and telephone services in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 & 1343;
(2) from continuing to operate or control or cause the operation of any web site that purports to offer sports betting, or transmit betting information in the United States;
(3) from continuing to operate or control or cause the operation of any telephone service that purports to offer sports betting, or transmit betting information in the United States;
(4) from soliciting and accepting wagers on sports and sporting events from persons in the jurisdiction of the United States;
(5) from causing the transmission of wagering information using interstate and international wire communications facilities within the United States;
(6) from causing the transmission of funds solicited from persons in the United States for the purpose of placing wagers on sports and sporting events to the defendant and its agents outside the United States;
(7) from advertising, by any method, or in any media, or causing the advertising of any gambling activity which is in violation of United States law, specifically 18 U.S.C. § 1084 (the “Wire Wager Act”);
(8) from transporting gambling paraphernalia, or causing the transportation of gambling paraphernalia in the United States, in violation of United States law, specifically 18 U.S.C. § 1952;
(9) from transferring or causing the transfer of funds to the United States, within the United States, or from the United States in violation of United States law, specifically 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957; and
(10) from causing persons or items to move in interstate or foreign commerce within the United States in violation of United States law, specifically 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952 and 1953.
FURTHER, BETONSPORTS PLC is ordered to:
(11) inform any current providers of telephone services that it is ceasing illegal operations in the United States, and that it will no longer accept wagers, or allow the transmission of betting information through interstate and foreign communication facilities in the U.S., such being and having been in violation of federal law;
(12) return to the sender the balance of funds in its possession as of July 17, 2006, received from persons in the United States, for the purpose of opening a sports betting wagering account;
(13) set up a toll free telephone service for each web site it operated that was accessible from the United States, to provide refund information to each person in the United States who has a wagering account with each web site operated by the defendant in the United States;
(14) direct and advise the United States Patent and Trademark Office that they relinquish rights to and cancels the following U.S. trademarks used by them in the illegal enterprise: BETONSPORTS.COM; NASA SPORTS BOOK; WAGERMALL.COM; MILLENNIUM SPORTS; BETTOR'S TRUST; JAGUAR SPORTS INTERNATIONAL; ROCK ISLAND SPORTS; GIBRALTAR SPORTS; and INFINITY SPORTS INTERNATIONAL. This Order does not apply to the defendant’s use of these trade names outside the jurisdiction of the United States, so long as the defendant does not represent any of these trade names as being U.S. trademarked.
(15) must post, on each web site it operates that is accessible from the United States, the following message on its primary access page:
THIS WEB SITE DOES NOT ACCEPT WAGERS ON SPORTS OR SPORTING EVENTS FROM PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO TRANSMIT SPORTS WAGERS OR BETTING INFORMATION TO THIS WEB SITE FROM THE UNITED STATES.
(16) must provide an automated message on each telephone wagering service it operates in the United States, stating the following:
THIS TELEPHONE SERVICE DOES NOT ACCEPT WAGERS ON SPORTS OR SPORTING EVENTS FROM PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO TRANSMIT SPORTS WAGERS OR BETTING INFORMATION ON THIS TELEPHONE LINE. IF YOU HAVE A WAGERING ACCOUNT WITH THE OPERATORS OF THIS TELEPHONE LINE, HANG UP AND CALL [TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER] TO ARRANGE A REFUND.
(17) must place the following statement as a full page advertisement in a newspaper of national U.S. circulation (i.e., The Wall Street Journal or USA Today];
BETONSPORTS PLC, WHICH OWNS AND OPERATES THE LISTED INTERNET WEB SITES AND TELEPHONE BETTING SERVICES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING WAGERS FROM PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO TRANSMIT SPORTS WAGERS OR BETTING INFORMATION USING INTERSTATE OR INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE LINES. IF YOU HAVE A WAGERING ACCOUNT WITH A BETONSPORTS PLC SPORTSBOOK OR TELEPHONE WAGERING SERVICE, PLEASE CALL [TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER] TO ARRANGE A REFUND.
CATHERINE L. HANAWAY
United States Attorney
NEWS RELEASE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For further information: Call Public Affairs Officer Jan Diltz at (314) 539-7719
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
November 9, 2006
For Immediate Release
BETONSPORTS, PLC BARRED FROM OPERATING IN THE U.S. DUE TO PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Case #4:06CV01064 CEJ
St. Louis, Missouri: BETONSPORTS, PLC and the United States have reached an agreement to an Order of Permanent Injunction, building upon the Temporary Restraining Order previously entered on July 17, 2006, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.
The court found that Betonsports PLC, a publicly traded holding company incorporated in the United Kingdom, did business in the United States by conducting illegal gambling businesses that offered wagering on sports and sporting events through Internet web sites and toll-free telephone services. Betonsports PLC took in wagers amounting to $1,104,519,000 in 2002, $1,238,459,000 in 2003 and $1,252,328,000 in 2004. Ninety-eight percent of this money was illegally taken in as sports wagers from gamblers in the United States, who placed their bets using toll-free telephone services and Internet web sites in reliance on fraudulent representations that to do so was legal. In fact, the Court found that such online gambling violates federal law. The Court’s extensive findings of fact supporting the Permanent Injunction were based upon the record of the firm’s and its associates’ criminal conduct, a record that Betonsports PLC did not challenge (although it did not formally admit the factual findings).
Pursuant to the permanent injunction, the following requirements apply to BetonSports PLC, its agents, contractors and other entities, its officers, employees and all persons participating in or assisting in the operation. They are prohibited:
(1) from continuing to perpetrate a fraudulent scheme of operating an illegal gambling business through Internet web sites and telephone services in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 & 1343;
(2) from continuing to operate or control or cause the operation of any web site that purports to offer sports betting, or transmit betting information in the United States;
(3) from continuing to operate or control or cause the operation of any telephone service that purports to offer sports betting, or transmit betting information in the United States;
(4) from soliciting and accepting wagers on sports and sporting events from persons in the jurisdiction of the United States;
(5) from causing the transmission of wagering information using interstate and international wire communications facilities within the United States;
(6) from causing the transmission of funds solicited from persons in the United States for the purpose of placing wagers on sports and sporting events to the defendant and its agents outside the United States;
(7) from advertising, by any method, or in any media, or causing the advertising of any gambling activity which is in violation of United States law, specifically 18 U.S.C. § 1084 (the “Wire Wager Act”);
(8) from transporting gambling paraphernalia, or causing the transportation of gambling paraphernalia in the United States, in violation of United States law, specifically 18 U.S.C. § 1952;
(9) from transferring or causing the transfer of funds to the United States, within the United States, or from the United States in violation of United States law, specifically 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957; and
(10) from causing persons or items to move in interstate or foreign commerce within the United States in violation of United States law, specifically 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952 and 1953.
FURTHER, BETONSPORTS PLC is ordered to:
(11) inform any current providers of telephone services that it is ceasing illegal operations in the United States, and that it will no longer accept wagers, or allow the transmission of betting information through interstate and foreign communication facilities in the U.S., such being and having been in violation of federal law;
(12) return to the sender the balance of funds in its possession as of July 17, 2006, received from persons in the United States, for the purpose of opening a sports betting wagering account;
(13) set up a toll free telephone service for each web site it operated that was accessible from the United States, to provide refund information to each person in the United States who has a wagering account with each web site operated by the defendant in the United States;
(14) direct and advise the United States Patent and Trademark Office that they relinquish rights to and cancels the following U.S. trademarks used by them in the illegal enterprise: BETONSPORTS.COM; NASA SPORTS BOOK; WAGERMALL.COM; MILLENNIUM SPORTS; BETTOR'S TRUST; JAGUAR SPORTS INTERNATIONAL; ROCK ISLAND SPORTS; GIBRALTAR SPORTS; and INFINITY SPORTS INTERNATIONAL. This Order does not apply to the defendant’s use of these trade names outside the jurisdiction of the United States, so long as the defendant does not represent any of these trade names as being U.S. trademarked.
(15) must post, on each web site it operates that is accessible from the United States, the following message on its primary access page:
THIS WEB SITE DOES NOT ACCEPT WAGERS ON SPORTS OR SPORTING EVENTS FROM PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO TRANSMIT SPORTS WAGERS OR BETTING INFORMATION TO THIS WEB SITE FROM THE UNITED STATES.
(16) must provide an automated message on each telephone wagering service it operates in the United States, stating the following:
THIS TELEPHONE SERVICE DOES NOT ACCEPT WAGERS ON SPORTS OR SPORTING EVENTS FROM PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO TRANSMIT SPORTS WAGERS OR BETTING INFORMATION ON THIS TELEPHONE LINE. IF YOU HAVE A WAGERING ACCOUNT WITH THE OPERATORS OF THIS TELEPHONE LINE, HANG UP AND CALL [TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER] TO ARRANGE A REFUND.
(17) must place the following statement as a full page advertisement in a newspaper of national U.S. circulation (i.e., The Wall Street Journal or USA Today];
BETONSPORTS PLC, WHICH OWNS AND OPERATES THE LISTED INTERNET WEB SITES AND TELEPHONE BETTING SERVICES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING WAGERS FROM PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO TRANSMIT SPORTS WAGERS OR BETTING INFORMATION USING INTERSTATE OR INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE LINES. IF YOU HAVE A WAGERING ACCOUNT WITH A BETONSPORTS PLC SPORTSBOOK OR TELEPHONE WAGERING SERVICE, PLEASE CALL [TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER] TO ARRANGE A REFUND.
The sky is falling. The sky is falling!!!!
What exactly does BOS get out of this? Usually when there is a negotiation, a deal is reached. Did the DOJ drop all criminal charges? What did the US get out of it? Not a penny.
I also don't see anything about giving out players names and addresses. I see that BOS is supposed to supply financials. (Money in hand, profits, etc) I do not anything about giving out player information.
Sean
What exactly does BOS get out of this? Usually when there is a negotiation, a deal is reached. Did the DOJ drop all criminal charges? What did the US get out of it? Not a penny.
I also don't see anything about giving out players names and addresses. I see that BOS is supposed to supply financials. (Money in hand, profits, etc) I do not anything about giving out player information.
Sean
