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NYPD Busts $3.3 Billion Gambling Ring That Used Website to Track Bets

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2006 - 2:18pm.
New York - The New York Police Department has arrested more than two dozen people and shut down a $3.3 billion illegal gambling operation that let bettors track their wagers and monitor point spreads on a secured website, the Associated Press reported.
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Online Gambling Executives Arrested in France

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 19, 2006 - 6:42pm.
London - Following the lead of their U.S. counterparts, French authorities have detained two executives at an Internet gambling firm, on allegations they violated French gambling laws. The arrests of co-CEOs Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger of Austria-based BWin International Entertainment -- the parent company of gambling site Betbull -- were condemned by the company, which maintains that it accepts no business from France. "The arrest of Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger is an attempt to intimidate an entire industry," said Betbull CEO Gunter Schmid. "To the national courts, the European Courts, and the European Commission it will send the signal that it is not the general public that requires protection from abstract and unfounded threats of privately operated gaming but it is the operators that require protection from the real violation of their basic human rights from overpowering executive bodies across Europe." The illicit gambling charges against BWin executives follow the revocation of the company's betting license in Germany, and the arrest of two executives of online gambling firms by U.S. authorities.
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Second Online Gambling Executive Arrested by U.S. Authorities

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 8, 2006 - 2:17pm.
New York - U.S. authorities have arrested an executive from another overseas online gambling company, this time targeting the chairman of U.K.-based Sportingbet, Peter Dicks, Reuters reported. Dicks was arrested in New York on Thursday and charged with using a computer to gamble, as part of an investigation by authorities in Louisiana.
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Spanish Authorities Make 4 Arrests, Shutter Pirate Movie Download Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 11, 2005 - 10:10am.
Madrid -- Spanish authorities have shut down a website that offered pirated movies for download, and arrested four people associated with the site, the Associated Press reported. The site, Cvcdgo.com, had attracted some 11.2 million users since its launch in February 2004, according to Spain's recording industry trade group. Police told AP the site was ad-supported and made "substantial" advertising revenue.
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